Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers

by Philip Jones

Book Overview

Ochre and Rust offers a fresh perspective on frontier relations between Australian Aboriginal people and European colonists. Nine museum artefacts take the reader into a fascinating zone of encounter and mutual curiosity between collectors and those indigenous people who piqued or responded to their interest. While colonialism is the broad frame, details gleaned from archives, images and the objects themselves reveal a new picture of interaction between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849048398
• ISBN13: 9781849048392
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"