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A history of the 1948 expedition
Dr Sally K May, Australian National University
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Sally K May provides a historical overview of the Expedition, its planning and execution.
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium
- Book launch: Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land ExpeditionAndrew Sayers, Shane Mortimer, Martin Thomas, Anne McGrath, Professor Mandy Thomas and Margo Neale
- Terra incognito no more – reflecting on changeRobyn Williams, science journalist, presenter and author
- A history of the 1948 expeditionDr Sally K May, Australian National University
- Unpacking the testimony of Gerald Blitner: An Indigenous perspective on the Arnhem Land ExpeditionMartin Thomas, University of Sydney
- Locating the expedition politically: 1948 American–Australian RelationsProfessor the Hon Kim Beazley AC
- The Smithsonian’s participation in the Arnhem Land ExpeditionPaul Taylor (paper read by Martin Thomas)
- ‘A Robinson Crusoe in Arnhem Land …’: Howell Walker, National Geographic, and the 1948 Arnhem Land ExpeditionMark Jenkins, writer, editor and historian
- Fossicking memoriesEmeritus Professor Raymond Louis Specht and Martin Thomas, University of Sydney
- Inside Mountford’s tent: paint, politics and paperworkDr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum
- The responsibilities of leadership: The records of Charles P MountfordSuzy Russell (paper co-authored by Denise Chapman), State Library of South Australia
- ‘Bastard barks’: A gift from the 1948 Arnhem Land expeditionAdjunct Professor Margo Neale, National Museum of Australia
- Beneath the billabongs: The scientific legacy of Robert Rush MillerGifford Miller and Robert Cashner
- Appraising the legacy of the Arnhem Land Expedition: An insider’s perspectiveEmeritus Professor Raymond Louis Specht
- The ‘exciting thing was the landscape’: Raymond Specht, a botanist in the fieldDr Lynne McCarthy, National Museum of Australia
- Launch of Collecting Cultures, a book about the 1948 expeditionCraddock Morton, National Museum of Australia
- Birds on the wire: Colin Simpson and the emergence of the radio documentary featureTony MacGregor, Arts Editor, ABC Radio National
- Hidden for 60 years: The motion picture films of the American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem LandJosh Harris (paper read by Mark Jenkins)
- Collecting Australia at the Smithsonian: 150 years and still goingDr Adrienne L Kaeppler, National Museum of Natural History, United States
- Making a sea change: Rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of McCarthy’s research on Groote EylandtDr Anne Clarke, University of Sydney and Ursula Frederick, Australian National University
- The forgotten collection: Baskets reveal historiesDr Louise Hamby, Australian National University
- Missing the revolution! Negotiating disclosure on the Pre-Macassans (Bayini) in North-East Arnhem LandDr Ian McIntosh, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis, United States
- The forbidden gaze: The 1948 Wubarr ceremony performed for the American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem LandDr Murray Garde, University of Melbourne
- From Fish Creek to the Mann River: Hunter-gatherer transformations in western Arnhem Land, 1948–2008Professor Jon Altman, Australian National University
- Forget the barks! Bring on the string figures! The String Figures of Yirrkala: Activating a legacyRobyn McKenzie, Australian National University
- Yolngu ways of knowing Country: Insights from the 1948 Expedition to Arnhem LandEmeritus Professor Dr Ad Borsboom, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Closing remarksDr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
