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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.
Fossicking memories
Emeritus Professor Raymond Louis Specht and Martin Thomas, University of Sydney
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Expedition botanist Raymond Louis Specht is interviewed by Martin Thomas.
‘A Robinson Crusoe in Arnhem Land …’: Howell Walker, National Geographic, and the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
Mark Jenkins, writer, editor and historian
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Mark Jenkins explores the role played by the Expedition’s primary American sponsor – National Geographic – and its intrepid representative, Howell Walker.
Unpacking the testimony of Gerald Blitner: An Indigenous perspective on the Arnhem Land Expedition
Martin Thomas, University of Sydney
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Gerald Blitner served as a guide and translator for the Expedition. Here, Martin Thomas explores his oral testimony alongside archival evidence, including observations recorded by the Expedition party, to unpack their intercultural exchanges.
Inside Mountford’s tent: paint, politics and paperwork
Dr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Charles Mountford lacked formal credentials as an anthropologist or scientist, yet he led the largest and most complex scientific expedition to remote Australia. Dr Philip Jones explores Mountford’s contribution and the controversy around his leadership.
Terra incognito no more – reflecting on change
Robyn Williams, science journalist, presenter and author
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 16 November 2009
At the time of this ‘last great expedition’, many plants, animals, aspects of human culture were unknown to science. Robyn Williams launches the symposium Barks, Birds and Billabongs with a broad-ranging talk on science since 1948.
Understanding Indigenous enterprise on Palm Island: Is resilience more than a metaphor?
Erin Bohensky (paper co-authored by Yiheyis Maru, James Butler, Thomas Stevens, and Kostas Alexandridis)
Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference, 10 November 2009
Erin Bohensky applies resilience theory to a proposal for an aquaculture farm as a sustainable enterprise on Palm Island, North Queensland, and adds historical analysis and empirical insights from interviews and photographic surveys.
Policy mismatch and Aboriginal art centres: The tension between economic independence and community development
Gretchen Stolte, Australian National University
Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference, 10 November 2009
Gretchen Stolte talks about Aboriginal art centres, arguing that a centre should be funded in accordance with its engagement with the community, because the more community-building it does, the less money it can make.
A financial scandal
Ros Kidd, historian and consultant
Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference, 10 November 2009
For seven decades the Queensland government intercepted Aboriginal people’s wages, child endowment, pensions, inheritances. It controlled their bank accounts, deducted fees, restricted withdrawals. This was wrong. What are the avenues for redress?
Animal spirits in the Dreaming and the market: The economic development of caring for country
Geoff Buchanan, Australian National University
Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference, 10 November 2009
Are the Dreaming and the Market mutually exclusive? In economics as in anthropology, ‘animal spirits’ are understood to influence outcomes. Geoff Buchanan explores the hybrid economy (customary, market and state) in the context of caring for country.
