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The Royal Navy in Indigenous Australia, 1795–1855: Maritime Encounters and British Museum Collections: Palgrave Studies in Pacific History

Autor Daniel Simpson
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This book offers the first in-depth enquiry into the origins of 135 Indigenous Australian objects acquired by the Royal Navy between 1795 and 1855 and held now by the British Museum. In response to increasing calls for the ‘decolonisation’ of museums and the restitution of ethnographic collections, the book seeks to return knowledge of the moments, methods, and motivations whereby Indigenous Australian objects were first collected and sent to Britain. By structuring its discussion in terms of three key ‘stages’ of a typical naval voyage to Australia—departure from British shores, arrival on the continent’s coasts, and eventual return to port—the book offers a nuanced and multifaceted understanding of the pathways followed by these 135 objects into the British Museum. The book offers important new understandings of Indigenous Australian peoples’ reactions to naval visitors, and contains a wealth of original research on the provenance and meaning of some of the world’s oldest extant Indigenous Australian object collections.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030600990
ISBN-10: 3030600998
Ilustrații: XXIII, 305 p. 22 illus., 19 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Palgrave Studies in Pacific History

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: The Science of Naval Collecting.- Chapter Three: Commissioning Indigenous Australia.- Chapter Four: Discipline and Authority.- Chapter Five: Beaches.- Chapter Six: Sounds.- Chapter Seven: Islands and Peninsulas.- Chapter Eight: The Customs House.- Chapter Nine: The Naval Hospital.- Chapter Ten: The Museum.- Chapter 11: Conclusion.

Notă biografică

Daniel Simpson is Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His research explores the history of maritime encounters and naval ethnographic collecting in Australia and the South Pacific. 

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This book offers the first in-depth enquiry into the origins of the 135 Indigenous Australian objects acquired by the Royal Navy between 1795 and 1855, and held now by the British Museum. In response to increasing calls for the ‘decolonisation’ of museums, and the restitution of ethnographic collections, the book seeks to return knowledge of the moments, methods, and motivations whereby Indigenous Australian objects were first collected, and sent to Britain. By structuring its discussion in terms of the three main ‘stages’ of a typical naval voyage to Australia – departure from British shores, arrival on the continent’s coasts, and final return to port – the book offers a composite and complete understanding of the pathways first followed by these 135 objects. The book explores numerous new understandings of Indigenous Australian peoples’ reactions to British visitors, and furthermore contributes a series of important and original insights into the provenance and meaning of many of theworld’s oldest Indigenous Australian object collections.

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Provides the first in-depth study of the Indigenous Australian objects acquired by the Royal Navy from 1795-1855 now in the British Museum Explores the pathways by which objects reached the British Museum, tracing the stages of a typical naval voyage to Australia Considers understandings of Indigenous Australian peoples' reactions to British visitors