Description |
68 pages, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations (2 color) ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Includes list of illustrations |
Summary |
Survey of Australian rock art; engravings SydneyHawkesbury area, lower Murray River, Port Hedland, Panaramitee; linear and intaglio engravings subjects - Mootwingie, west and south Queensland; antiquity of petroglyphs; superiority of northern and central Australian paintings, materials used, styles (New South Wales, Queensland, Arnhem Land, Kimberleys, Central Australia); survey of sites throughout Australia with mythological interpretations; antiquity of paintings; theories of origin of Wandjunas |
Notes |
OLD RECORD |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 67-68 |
Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Art.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Painting.
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Art -- Australia.
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Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Art, Primitive.
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Cave paintings.
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Painting, Aboriginal Australian.
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Rock paintings -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009577
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Author |
Elkin, A. P. (Adolphus Peter), 1891-1979.
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Australian Museum. Trustees
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LC no. |
59024977 |
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