Aboriginal Dreaming Paths and Trading Routes: The Colonisation of the Australian Economic Landscape

by Dale Kerwin

The dreaming paths of Aboriginal nations across Australia formed major ceremonial routes along which goods and knowledge flowed. These became the trade routes that criss-crossed Australia and transported religion and cultural values. This book highlights the valuable contribution Aboriginal people made in assisting European explorers, surveyors and stockmen to open the country for colonisation, and explores the interface between Aboriginal possession...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845195299
• ISBN13: 9781845195298
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"