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Known as a historian, conservationist, leading public intellectual, and, most famously, the “father of Australian archaeology,” John Mulvaney is renowned for uncovering the depth of Australian human prehistory. This insightful and illuminating memoir traces Mulvaney’s life from his childhood in rural Victoria to his revelatory excavations in central and northern Queensland and his securing of Australia’s first World Heritage listings. Digging up the layers of his past and cataloguing the artifacts with the historical rigor and humanity that have defined his remarkable professional life, Mulvaney exposes the personal details of his struggles to have his work recognized and tells the stories of the inspirational people he has met along the way.
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John Mulvaney is an archaeologist and the coauthor of The Archaeology of Australia’s History. He also became an executive member of the Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies and was the chief Australian delegate to the inaugural United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization meeting in Paris.
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Digging Up a Past
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University of New South Wales Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1742232191
ISBN 13: 9781742232195
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Seller: Wordlife books, Earlwood, NSW, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. New unmarked copy.This illuminating memoir traces Mulvaney's life from childhood in rural Victoria and his academic training, to his revelatory excavations in central and northern Queensland and his securing of Australia's first World Heritage listings, all the while providing personal details of his struggles to have his work recognised. 245 x 160mm., pp. xiii, 348, b/w plates, biblio., index. 8vo. 17cm x 25cm. 348pp. Seller Inventory # ABE-1724281342883
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Digging Up a Past
Published by
University of New South Wales Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1742232191
ISBN 13: 9781742232195
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Wordlife books, Earlwood, NSW, Australia
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Unmarked as new copy of this biography of Australian Archaeologist Mulvaney, author of The Prehistory of Australia and who was instrumental in bringing to light the Lake Mungo 32000 year old hearth. 25cm x 16cm. 348pp. Seller Inventory # ABE-1727587140589
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