Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Mulvaney, D. J. (Derek John), 1925-2016

Title The axe had never sounded : place, people and heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania / John Mulvaney
Published Australian National University, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2007

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxi, 141 pages : illustrations (some color), maps)
Series Aboriginal History Monographs ; v. 14
Aboriginal History Monographs
Contents Setting Out -- Recherche Bay -- Naturalists Ashore -- Botanising -- Measuring and Charting -- Seeking the Tasmanians -- Meeting the Tasmanians -- An Archaeological Heritage -- Labillardière's Luck -- Retrospect: Recherche Bay, History and Anthropology -- The Chaotic Years -- Lady Jane at Recherche Bay -- Good and Bad Times -- The Concept of Heritage -- National Heritage Nomination
Summary 'This book meets well the triple promise of the title - the inter-connections of place, people and heritage. John Mulvaney brings to this work a deep knowledge of the history, ethnography and archaeology of Tasmania. He presents a comprehensive account of the area's history over the 200 years since French naval expeditions first charted its coastlines. The important records the French officers and scientists left of encounters with Aboriginal groups are discussed in detail, set in the wider ethnographic context and compared with those of later expeditions. 'The topical issues of understanding the importance of Recherche Bay as a cultural landscape and its protection and future management inform the book. Readers will be challenged to consider the connections between people and place, and how these may constitute significant national heritage.' Professor Isabel McBryde, AO, FRAI, FAHA, FSA The Australian National University
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Australia -- Recherche Bay (Tas.)
Cultural property -- Political aspects -- Australia -- Recherche Bay (Tas.)
Aboriginal Tasmanians.
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Aboriginal Tasmanians
Discoveries in geography -- French
SUBJECT Recherche Bay (Tas.) -- Discovery and exploration -- French
Recherche Bay (Tas.) -- History
Subject Tasmania -- Recherche Bay
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781921313219
1921313218