Collecting Cultures Myth, Politics, and Collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition

by May, Sally K.

• ISBN13: 9780759105980
• ISBN10: 0759105987
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

In February 1948, a team of Australians and Americans embarked upon one of the largest scientific expeditions that had ever taken place in Australia. Seventeen men and women journeyed across northern Australia for eight months, investigating the people and environment of the remote region known as Arnhem Land. Today, the Arnhem Land Expedition remains one of the most significant, most ambitious, and least understood expeditions ever mounted.

Author Biography

Sally K. May is lecturer of heritage, museums, and material culture in the Research school of Humanities at the Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Beginnings	p. 1
Ethnographic Collecting	p. 19
Preparing for Arnhem Land	p. 35
Exploring the great Unknown-Groote Eylandt	p. 51
Exploring the great Unknown-Yirrkala	p. 69
Exploring the great Unknown-Oenpelli	p. 79
Collecting Arnhem Land	p. 95
When We Have Put to Sea	p. 107
Reflections on an Ethnographic Collection	p. 123
A Series Most Promising	p. 149
The Ongoing Impact	p. 181
References	p. 195
Index	p. 217
About the Author	p. 229
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