{"product_id":"across-australia-paperback-9781108020428","title":"Across Australia (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108020428","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAcross Australia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFieldwork on the Aborigines of Central Australia by Spencer and Gillen was published in two volumes in 1912.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBaldwin Spencer (Author), F. J. Gillen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108020428, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e482 pages, 142 b\/w illus.  2 colour illus.  4 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.7 x 14 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEminent biologist Sir Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929) was born in Lancashire but moved to Australia to take up the chair in biology at the University of Melbourne in 1887. As a member of the 1894 Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, Spencer made the acquaintance of F. J. Gillen, an advocate of Aboriginal rights, with whom he later formed a working partnership. Spencer and Gillen returned to Alice Springs in Central Australia in 1896–1897, to carry out observations on the local Aboriginal tribe, the Arunta. These observations were published in 1899, in The Native Tribes of Central Australia (also reissued in this series), which represented the most comprehensive study of Aboriginal customs. Gillen and Spencer continued to undertake fieldwork until 1903. Volume 2 of Across Australia (published in two volumes in 1912) describes Aboriginal tribes of the present-day Northern Territory, between Alice Springs and the Gulf of Carpentaria.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e10. Sacred ceremonies of the Arunta tribe\u003cbr\u003e 11. Atninga or avenging party\u003cbr\u003e 12. Alice Springs to Barrow Creek\u003cbr\u003e 13. Barrow Creek and the Kaitish and Unmatjera tribes\u003cbr\u003e 14. Magic\u003cbr\u003e 15. Barrow Creek to Tennant Creek\u003cbr\u003e 16. Life in the Warramunga camp\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Great Wollunqua\u003cbr\u003e 18. Fire ceremony of the Warramunga tribe\u003cbr\u003e 19. Death, mourning and burial ceremonies of the Warramunga tribe\u003cbr\u003e 20. Tennant Creek to Powell Creek\u003cbr\u003e 21. From Powell Creek to the Gulf of Carpentaria\u003cbr\u003e 22. Borroloola and the coastal tribes\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Australasian%20\u0026amp;%20Pacific%20history%20%5BHBJM%5D%22\"\u003eHBJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265951289624,"sku":"9781108020428","price":36.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108020428i_cbf8b1dc-b063-4762-9646-b0e8e3690bf3.jpg?v=1694869589","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/across-australia-paperback-9781108020428","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}