The Royal Navy in Indigenous Australia, 1795-1855: Maritime Encounters and British Museum Collections

by Daniel Simpson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030600998
• ISBN13: 9783030600990
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"