Australia: William Blandowski's Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia

by Harry Allen (Editor)

Overview

For the first time in English, this 1850s illustrated encyclopedia of Aboriginal life
explores the potential of images to portray the lives of people engaged in everyday activities, dramatic conflicts, and rituals. Including photographs by German explorer and natural scientist William Blandowski as well as snapshots, sketches, and illustrations by other contributors, this unique account not only highlights Australia’s geography, ecology, and wildlife, but also contains the only 19th-century portrait of the Nyeri Nyeri people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780855757137
Publisher:	Aboriginal Studies Press
Publication date:	10/01/2010
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Harry Allen is an associate professor of anthropology at Auckland University in New Zealand and a research associate at La Trobe University in Australia.

Editorial Reviews

"In a fine piece of original scholarship, Harry Allen has for the first time perceived Blandowski’s original vision and brought it to a magnificent fruition one hundred and fifty years later."  —Nicolas Peterson, professor, Australian National University

From the Publisher