The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews. In Search of an Australian Anthropologist
[MATHEWS, Robert Hamilton] THOMAS, Martin
Published by Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, 2011
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Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin, 2011. Large octavo, [x], 462 pages with a map and numerous illustrations plus 8 pages of colour plates. Papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Robert Hamilton Mathews (1841-1918), surveyor and anthropologist. 'Mathews was one of many enthusiasts, mostly with little or no formal training in anthropology, concerned with recording Aboriginal culture. His reports on ceremonial life and language are invaluable, often the only record for large areas of northern New South Wales. He also studied and wrote on the tribes of the Northern Territory and Central Australia' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). Seller Inventory # 138848
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Title: The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews. In Search ...
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition.
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THE MANY WORLDS OF R. H. MATHEWS - In search of an Australian anthropologist.
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Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
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462 pp including index, illustrated end-papers, coloured photographic plates, b&w photographic illustrations, map, fine copy in like, pictorial d/j. Seller Inventory # 222855
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The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: In Search of an Australian Anthropologist
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Allen & Unwin Sydney 2011, 2011
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Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 462pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, notes, bibliog., index, 'the life and work of the renowned 19th century surveyor turned ethnologist, whose studies of Aboriginal Australia were controversial. His childhood in Goulburn meant that he grew up with Aboriginal children as playmates, so that when he began his obsession with documenting Aboriginal life, he came to his subject with fond familiarity. Baldwin Spencer, went out of his way to discredit Mathews' work, especially after his death. He is now emerging as an important documenter of Aboriginal language & mythology'. Seller Inventory # 136063
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