The Smithsonian’s participation in the Arnhem Land Expedition
Paul Taylor (paper read by Martin Thomas)
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Paul Taylor offers some historical context for the Smithsonian Institution’s participation in the Expedition, especially in light of prior Smithsonian partnerships, involvements, and sponsorships of domestic and international scientific expeditions.
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium
- Terra incognito no more – reflecting on changeRobyn Williams
- A history of the 1948 expeditionSally K May
- Unpacking the testimony of Gerald Blitner: An Indigenous perspective on the Arnhem Land ExpeditionMartin Thomas
- Locating the expedition politically: 1948 American–Australian RelationsKim Beazley
- 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
- Fossicking memoriesRaymond Louis Specht, Martin Thomas
- Inside Mountford’s tent: paint, politics and paperworkPhilip Jones
- The responsibilities of leadership: The records of Charles P MountfordSuzy Russell (paper co-authored by Denise Chapman)
- ‘Bastard barks’: A gift from the 1948 Arnhem Land expeditionMargo Neale
- 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 perspectiveRaymond Louis Specht
- The ‘exciting thing was the landscape’: Raymond Specht, a botanist in the fieldLynne McCarthy
- Launch of Collecting Cultures, a book about the 1948 expeditionCraddock Morton
- Birds on the wire: Colin Simpson and the emergence of the radio documentary featureTony MacGregor
- 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 goingAdrienne L Kaeppler
- Making a sea change: Rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of McCarthy’s research on Groote EylandtAnne Clarke and Ursula Frederick
- The forgotten collection: Baskets reveal historiesLouise Hamby
- Missing the Revolution! Negotiating disclosure on the Pre-Macassans (Bayini) in North-East Arnhem LandIan McIntosh
- The forbidden gaze: The 1948 Wubarr ceremony performed for the American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem LandMurray Garde
- From Fish Creek to the Mann River: Hunter-gatherer transformations in western Arnhem Land, 1948–2008Jon Altman
- Forget the barks! Bring on the string figures! The String Figures of Yirrkala: Activating a legacyRobyn McKenzie
- Yolngu ways of knowing Country: Insights from the 1948 Expedition to Arnhem LandAd Borsboom
- Closing remarksPeter Stanley
