Brokers and boundaries: Colonial exploration in Indigenous territory

by Maria Nugent, Shino Konishi, Tiffany Shellam

Colonial exploration continues, all too often, to be rendered as heroic narratives of solitary, intrepid explorers and adventurers. This edited collection contributes to scholarship that is challenging that persistent mythology. With a focus on Indigenous brokers, such as guides, assistants and mediators, it highlights the ways in which nineteenth-century exploration in Australia and New Guinea was a collective and socially complex enterprise. Many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760460117
• ISBN13: 9781760460112
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"