Macquarie atlas of Indigenous Australia / general editors, Bill Arthur & Francis Morphey ; [foreword by Patrick Dodson].
Material type:
TextPublisher: Sydney, New South Wales : Macquarie, 2019Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 293 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 31 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781760556587
- 1760556580
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
- Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Maps
- Torres Strait Islanders
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Economic conditions
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions
- Indigenous peoples -- Australia
- Australia -- Historical geography -- Maps
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 305.8991 MAC | Available | T00821419 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020"The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia has a place on the work table of every Australian student, on the coffee table of every Australian home and on the desk of every Australian political representative." SENATOR PATRICK DODSONThe Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia is a unique tool for exploring and understanding the lives and cultures of Australia's First Peoples.This second edition of the award-winning Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia opens a window onto the landscape of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives, from over 60,000 years ago to the present time.An atlas visually represents patterns of human activities in space and time. The maps, which form the core of the book, are supplemented by explanatory text and numerous diagrams, photographs and illustrations, including Indigenous artworks.Each chapter has been extensively revised and updated by one or more experts in their field, under the general editorship of Bill Arthur and Frances Morphy of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University.This book is a collaborative publication between the Australian National University (ANU), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Macquarie Dictionary.
Previous edition: 2005.
"A collaborative publication of the Australian National University, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Macquarie Dictionary."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia is a unique tool for exploring and understanding the lives and cultures of Australia's First Peoples. An atlas can represent - in graphic form - a pattern of human activities in space and time. This second edition of the award-winning Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia opens a window onto the landscape of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives, from over 60 000 years ago to the present time. Each chapter has been extensively revised and updated by one or more experts in the field, under the general editorship of Bill Arthur and Frances Morphy of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University. The maps, which form the core of the book, are supplemented by explanatory text and numerous diagrams, photographs and illustrations, including Indigenous artworks. This book is a collaborative publication between the Australian National University (ANU), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Macquarie Dictionary.