Description
Museums across Great Britain and Ireland hold Indigenous cultural heritage of exceptional value, but which is largely unknown, rarely seen and poorly understood. These rare objects, over 35,000
items, date from Captain Cook in 1770 to the present day. The book uses nearly 160 artefacts, from over 30 public museums, to present a multi-stranded narrative that opens up vistas on Britain’s
Australian history, and Australia’s British history. More than 20 Indigenous, Australian and international experts weave together deeply-contextualised accounts of objects and object-types; of
makers, communities and regions; and of collectors, networks and institutions, while also exploring the meanings and importance of this material in Australia, Britain and Ireland, and the world today.
