Bodkin Frances (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Throughout the past two hundred years, society has come to regard the Koori Dreaming stories as something akin to the fairy stories they were told as children.However, for thousands upon thousands of years, the stories in this book were used as a teaching tool to impart to the youngest members of the clans the laws that governed the cultural behaviour of clan members. The successive attempts to destroy the Koori culture and assimilate The People into Euro-centric population were unsuccessful, and their disguise as charming legends in which animals, birds, insects, even fish became the heroes and heroines.This book containing the words of Frances Bodkin and visual imagery of Lorraine Robertson will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Lorraine Robertson (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Knowledge is the Prime Resource!The pursuit of knowledge is perhaps life's greatest challenge.Traditionally Aboriginal peoples cared for the land, living as one with it. This custodial relationship, expressed through cultural practices, sustained the natural environment and secured the viability of resources necessary to sustain the continuing existence of Aboriginal society over many millennia.This book containing the words of Frances Bodkin and visual imagery of Lorraine Robertson will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Knowledge is the Prime Resource!The pursuit of knowledge is perhaps life's greatest challenge.Traditionally Aboriginal peoples cared for the land, living as one with it. This custodial relationship, expressed through cultural practices, sustained the natural environment and secured the viability of resources necessary to sustain the continuing existence of Aboriginal society over many millennia.This book containing the words of Frances Bodkin and visual imagery of Lorraine Robertson will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Throughout the past two hundred years, society has come to regard the Koori Dreaming stories as something akin to the fairy stories they were told as children.However, for thousands upon thousands of years, the stories in this book were used as a teaching tool to impart to the youngest members of the clans the laws that governed the cultural behaviour of clan members. The successive attempts to destroy the Koori culture and assimilate The People into Euro-centric population were unsuccessful, and their disguise as charming legends in which animals, birds, insects, even fish became the heroes and heroines.This book containing the words of Frances Bodkin and visual imagery of Lorraine Robertson will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Lorraine Robertson (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Throughout the past two hundred years, society has come to regard the Koori Dreaming stories as something akin to the fairy stories they were told as children.However, for thousands upon thousands of years, the stories in this book were used as a teaching tool to impart to the youngest members of the clans the laws that governed the cultural behaviour of clan members. The successive attempts to destroy the Koori culture and assimilate The People into Euro-centric population were unsuccessful, and their disguise as charming legends in which animals, birds, insects, even fish became the heroes and heroines.This book containing the words of Frances Bodkin and visual imagery of Lorraine Robertson will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Lorraine Robertson (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Knowledge is the Prime Resource!The pursuit of knowledge is perhaps life's greatest challenge.Traditionally Aboriginal peoples cared for the land, living as one with it. This custodial relationship, expressed through cultural practices, sustained the natural environment and secured the viability of resources necessary to sustain the continuing existence of Aboriginal society over many millennia.This book containing the words of Frances Bodkin and visual imagery of Lorraine Robertson will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Will take you on a journey of understanding the ancient knowledge of the original People of This Land of the D'harawals. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First thus. With illustrations, Detailed information on more than 11000 plants, over 1100 illustrations, glossary of botanical terms, common name index. A good copy in a very good dustjacket. ; 290 x 220mm; x, 1083 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First thus. With illustrations, Detailed information on more than 11000 plants, over 1100 illustrations, glossary of botanical terms, common name index. A good copy in a very good dustjacket. ; 290 x 220mm; x, 1083 pages.

Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Frances Bodkin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1094 The book titled Encyclopaedia Botanica: Essential Reference Guide to Native and Exotic Plants in Australia by the author Frances Bodkin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title. Hardback.…

HARDCOVER. 1986, First edition. A very good copy with only very light rubbing to the board edges and the usual light age tanning of the pages. There is an old price sticker on the verso of the front free endpaper. The d/w is also very good with only light edge rubbing. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Lorraine Robertson (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Second edition (the same as the first in 1986 by A&R, just slightly larger in format). Hardcover. Thick quarto-size (approximately 1100 pages). Very good in very good dustjacket (and becoming scarce in this condition). A massive reference with good descriptions and b/w sketches of the plants, both by the author. Frances (Fran) Bodkin, born in 1937, is an Australian botanist and D'harawal elder who helped establish the Australian Botanic Garden at Mount Annan, near Sydney, at a former meeting site of the local Indigenous people. This fine encyclopaedia used to be reasonably common, but is now becoming scarce, simply because of demand and the fact that it doesn't seem to have been reprinted later than the early 1990s. A heavy book which will cost considerably more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted (2 or 3 times as much). Australian postage will be $15.…

Softcover. Condition: Good.