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100 1 _aThomas, Martin
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700 1 _aNeale, Margo
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245 1 0 _aExploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
260 _aCanberra
_bANU Press
_c2011
300 _a1 electronic resource (471 p.)
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520 _aIn 1948 a collection of scientists, anthropologists and photographers journeyed to northern Australia for a seven-month tour of research and discovery—now regarded as ‘the last of the big expeditions’. The American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land was front-page news at the time, but 60 years later it is virtually unknown. This lapse into obscurity was due partly to the fraught politics of Australian anthropology and animus towards its leader, the Adelaide-based writer-photographer Charles Mountford. Promoted as a ‘friendly mission’ that would foster good relations between Australia and its most powerful wartime ally, the Expedition was sponsored by National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institution and the Australian Government. An unlikely cocktail of science, diplomacy and popular geography, the Arnhem Land Expedition put the Aboriginal cultures of the vast Arnhem Land reserve on an international stage.
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650 7 _aAnthropology
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653 _aarnhem land
653 _aaustralian
653 _aaboriginal australians
653 _ascientific expedition
653 _adiscovery
653 _aexploration
653 _aamerican
653 _aGroote Eylandt
653 _aGunbalanya
653 _aNorthern Territory
653 _aYolngu
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