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Looking across the beach – both ways
Professor Greg Dening, Australian National University
Captain James Cook series, 28 July 2006
Historian Greg Dening examines the cultural achievements of the Sea of Islands or Pacific peoples with a particular focus on Tupaia, a priest of Oro, who joined Captain James Cook on the Endeavour.
Discovering Cook: Georg Forster and the image of Captain Cook
Nigel Erskine, Australian National Maritime Museum
Captain James Cook series, 28 July 2006
Curator Nigel Erskine discusses the official account of Captain James Cook’s third Pacific voyage, particularly the introductory essay by German naturalist and fellow voyager Georg Forster.
Australia’s Official Papuan collection: Sir Hubert Murray and the how and why of a colonial collection
Sylvia Schaffarczyk, Australian National University
Collections 2006 series, 21 March 2006
Sylvia Schaffarczyk reconstructs the history of the Official Papuan collection at the National Museum of Australia and examines Australian collecting in Papua during a key period in the development of anthropology and Australia’s colonial interests.
