The art of the Alligator Rivers Region / by Robert Edwards
- Bib ID:
- 1390251
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Edwards, Robert, 1930-2023
- Description:
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- Canberra : Alligator Rivers Region Environmental Fact-Finding Study, 1974
- 154 p., 45 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 31 cm.
- Summary:
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History of contact with Aborigines; earlier accounts of rock paintings by whites; detailed identification of rock paintings and bees wax figures with analysis; sacred sites; rock engravings of prehistoric age; conservation and causes of deterioration of all paintings; possible tourist potential; list of Aborigines with traditional interests in the area.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152)
- Subject:
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- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Alligator Rivers Region
- Rock paintings -- Northern Territory -- Alligator Rivers Region
- Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Sites - Conservation and protection
- Art - Rock art - Conservation
- Colonisation
- Economic sectors - Tourism
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Sites - Sacred sites
- Sites - Ceremonial grounds
- Alligator Rivers (Kakadu, NT SD53-01, SD53-05)
- Pormpuraaw / Edward River (Qld NW Cape York SD54-11)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Alligator Rivers Region Environmental Fact-Finding Study
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2024 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1974
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