Meeting the Waylo
Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago
$28.11
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2020
Summary
WINNER of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2020: Non-Fiction
This book explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians who participated in Australian exploration enterprises in the early nineteenth century. These Indigenous travellers, often referred to as ‘guides’, ‘native aides’, or ‘intermediaries’, have been cast in a variety of ways by historians: earlier historiographies represented them as passive side-players in European heroic efforts of Discovery, whi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760801137 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760801135 |
| Author: | Tiffany Shellam |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2020 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Tiffany Shellam
Tiffany Shellam lectures in History at Deakin University. She works collaboratively with Noongar people and historians, museum curators, archivists and librarians to critique the archives, unearthing hidden and alternative histories generated by encounters between Indigenous people and European explorers and setters in the early nineteenth century. Her first book, Shaking Hands on the Fringe: Negotiating the Aboriginal World at King George’s Sound, was published by UWA Publishing in 2009.
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