26 Views of the Starburst World: William Dawes at Sydney Cove 1788-91

by Ross Gibson

Overview

When Lieutenant William Dawes came to Botany Bay with the First Fleet Marines in January 1788 he delved into the world of a small group of Indigenous people from around Sydney Harbour. In 26 Views of the Starburst World Ross Gibson describes and interprets the pages of astronomer William Dawes' notebooks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781742584256
Publisher:	UWA Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ross Gibson is an Australian writer and researcher who also makes films and multi-media environments, and is currently Professor of Contemporary Arts in the Sydney College of the Arts, at the University of Sydney. His main interests are contemporary arts, communication and the history of environmental consciousness in colonial cultures, particularly in Australia and the Pacific. Ross was previously the Creative Director at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and spent several years as a Consultant Producer for the Museum of Sydney.

Table of Contents

1 Pacing into Westminster 1

2 Opening the Notebooks 9

3 Dara - Page One - A Self-portrait 21

4 Naa - To See 33

5 What Manner of Man? 49

6 The Main Chance 65

7 Event Grammar 77

8 Air 97

9 Reprise 101

10 Erotics 125

11 Divination - A Personal Account 133

12 Country, Creativity, Conjecture 137

13 Said and Unsaid 151

14 Drama 153

15 The Resentful Entrepreneur 169

16 Narrative 181

17 New Versions of the Self 203

18 What Did He Look Like? 209

19 Tragedy 217

20 The Other Maps 221

21 Oceanic 225

22 Blustertown 231

23 But I Cannot Like Him 261

24 Tongue in the Air 265

25 A Secular Mystic 267

26 Exile From His New Self 271

List of Illustrations 275

Notes 279