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Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia

Historical and Cultural Relationships
Author: Clarke, Philip A.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing

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Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and Aboriginal…

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Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and Aboriginal peoples have developed close alliances with them over the millennia of their custodianship of this country. Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships provides a review of the broad physical, historical and cultural relationships that Aboriginal people have had with the Australian avifauna.

This book aims to raise awareness of the alternative bodies of ornithological knowledge that reside outside of Western science. It describes the role of birds as totemic ancestors and spirit beings, and explores Aboriginal bird nomenclature, foraging techniques and the use of avian materials to make food, medicine and artefacts. Through a historical perspective, this book examines the gaps between knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples and Western

science, to encourage greater collaboration and acknowledgement in the future.

Additional information

Weight 0.938 kg
Dimensions 24.5 × 17 × 2 cm
ISBN

9781486315970

Subtitle

Historical and Cultural Relationships

Author

Clarke, Philip A.

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Format

Paperback / softback

Main content page count

344 Pages