Ochre and Rust : Artefacts and encounters on Australian frontiers.

Ochre and Rust : Artefacts and encounters on Australian frontiers.

Ochre and Rust takes nine Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and positions them at the centre of these gripping, poignant tales set in the heart of Australia's frontier zone.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Jones, Philip
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2010
Subjects:	Aboriginal Australians > Antiquities. Aboriginal Australians > Implements. Frontier and pioneer life > Australia.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Master Blackburn , s whip; CHAPTER TWO Broken shields; CHAPTER THREE Turning to metal; CHAPTER FOUR Spearing Bennett; CHAPTER FIVE Drilling for fire; CHAPTER SIX Unearthing the toas; CHAPTER SEVEN The magic garb of Daisy Bates; CHAPTER EIGHT Namatjira and the Jesus plaque; CHAPTER NINE That special property; NOTES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LOCALITIES INDEX; GENERAL INDEX