Title Aboriginal antiquities in Australia : their nature and preservation / edited by F. D. McCarthy

Published Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1970

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Description xiv, 188 pages : illustrations, tables ; 26 cm Series Australian aboriginal studies ; no. 22 Prehistory and material culture series ; no. 39 Prehistory and material culture series ; no. 3 Australian aboriginal studies ; no. 22 Prehistory and material culture series ; no. 39 Summary Presents a selection of papers given at the Conference on Prehistoric Monuments and Antiquities, Canberra, May 1968; Section I, The range of antiquities, a) A survey of monuments and antiquities in Queensland - F.S. Colliver, b) Aboriginal antiquities in New South Wales - F.D. McCarthy, c) Aboriginal antiquities of Victoria E.D. Gill, d) A description of the; Aboriginal archaeological sites in Tasmania, e) Survey of prehistoric monuments in South Australia - G.L. Pretty, f) The Northern Territory and Central Australia - F.D. McCarthy, g) Aboriginal antiquities in Western Australia - F.D. McCarthy; h) Archaeological discoveries in northern Australia and their protection - C.C. Macknight, i) Early colonial archaeology - J. Allen, j) Traditional and present attitudes to sites and objects - E.C. Evans; Section II, Deterioration and conservation, a) Natural causes in the deterioration of buried archaeological materials - W.R. Ambrose, b) Human factors in the deterioration and destruction of antiquities and their remedy - D.J. Mulvaney, c); Observations of damage and comments on the preservation of Aboriginal art sites in the Pilbara District, north-western Australia - B.J. Wright, d) Museum conservation of anthropological material W.M. Bousted, e) Indian rock paintings and their preservation - B.B. Lal, f) Problems in the conservation of Aboriginal cave paintings - I.M. Crawford; Section III, Legislation, a) Legislation for the preservation of Aboriginal relics in South Australia - R. Edwards, b) The Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1967, Queensland - P.J. Killoran, c) The National Trusts and antiquities - D.A. Carr,; d) Tourism, Aboriginal antiquities and public education - R.D. Piesse; all papers listed separately Analysis Aboriginal Australians Antiquities Collection and preservation Aboriginal Australians Congresses Antiquities Australia Congresses Antiquities Australian Aborigines - Material culture - Conservation and restoration Notes "This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Conference ... which was held in the Institute of Anatomy, Canberra, as part of the third general meeting of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, May, 1968." Bibliography Includes bibliographies Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Prehistory and material culture series (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies) no:39 0067-1541 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Congresses. Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities -- Congresses. Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities -- Conservation and restoration. Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities. Aboriginal Australians. Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Conservation and restoration. Art, Aboriginal Australian. Art, Prehistoric -- Conservation and restoration. Ethnological artefacts -- Conservation and restoration Museum conservation methods -- Australia. Petroglyphs -- Australia -- Congresses. Petroglyphs -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Antiquities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009577 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533 Australia -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009577 Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author McCarthy, Frederick D. (Frederick David), 1905-1997 Australian Institute of Anatomy. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. General Meeting (3rd : 1968) LC no. 71586374 ISBN 0855750014 (paperback)

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