Synopses & Reviews
Hunters and Collectors is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of the amateur scientists and humanists who have shaped the Australian historical imagination. Griffiths illuminates the way these avid collectors and discussants of the Australian land and its indigenous inhabitants have contributed a sense of national identity. He also shows how their activities feed into the political and environmental debates of the 1990s.
Synopsis
An account of the thousands of amateur enthusiasts who shaped the Australian historical imagination.
Synopsis
This book is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of the amateur scientists and humanists who shaped the Australian historical imagination and contributed a sense of national identity.
Table of Contents
Part I. Collection: 1. Hunting culture; 2. Victorian skulduggery; 3. The stone age; 4. The nuclear family; Part II. Possession: 5. Past silences; 6. The natural history of Melbourne; 7. Land rites; 8. Journeys to the centre; Part III. Preservation: 9. The discipline of memory; 10. Keeping places; 11. Progress through preservation; 12. History and natural history; Epilogue.