Hunters and Collectors

The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia

Tom Griffiths (Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies)

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English

Cambridge University Pres
01 April 1996

Australasian & Pacific history; NSW Premier's Literary Awards; Australian Society

Series: Studies in Australian History

Hunters and Collectors is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of amateur antiquarians, archaeologists, naturalists, journalists and historians: people who shaped the Australian historical imagination. Dr Griffiths illuminates the way these avid collectors and investigators of the Australian land and of its indigenous inhabitants contributed a sense of identity at colony-wide and eventually nationwide level. He also considers the rise of professional history, anthropology and archaeology in the universities, which ignored the efforts of the amateurs. Griffiths shows how the seemingly trivial activities of these hunters and collectors feed into the political and environmental debates of the 1990s. This book is outstanding in its originality, interpretative insight, and literary flair.

By: Tom Griffiths (Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies)
Imprint: Cambridge University Pres
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: No. 22
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9780521483490
ISBN 10: 0521483492
Series: Studies in Australian History
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 April 1996
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia

Review of the hardback: '... Griffiths breaks some fascinating ground in this thought provoking and engaging study of private Australian collectors ...' The Australian Review of the hardback: '... is a challenging, imaginative study of the politics and processes that continue to shape our history. While aimed at a specialist audience, the writing is lucid enough to appeal to the general reader'. The Bulletin