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Speakers and abstracts
Barks, Birds & Billabongs: Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. 16-20 November 2009.
Panels
Chairs and discussants
Professor Ann McGrath
Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University
Professor Howard Morphy
Director, Research School of Humanities, Australian National University
Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney
Dr Peter Stanley
Head, Centre for Historical Research National Museum of Australia
Associate Professor Peter Veth
Deputy-Director, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, and Adjunct Chair, Research School of Humanities, Australian National University
Discussants also included members of the Steering Committee.
Speakers and abstracts
Note: The views expressed in speakers' abstracts are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Museum of Australia.
Altman, Jon
From Fish Creek to the Mann River: Hunter-gatherer tradition and transformation in Western Arnhem Land, 1948–2008
Beazley, Kim
Locating the expedition politically: 1948 American–Australian relations
Borsboom, Ad
Yolngu ways of knowing Country: Insights from the 1948 Expedition to Arnhem Land
Clarke, A and Frederick, U
Making a sea change: Rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of McCarthy's research on Groote Eylandt
Garde, Murray
The forbidden gaze: The 1948 Wubarr ceremony performed for the American–Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL)
Hamby, Louise
The forgotten collection: Baskets reveal histories
Harris, Josh
Hidden for 60 years: The motion picture films of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
Jenkins, Mark
'A Robinson Crusoe in Arnhem Land ...': Howell Walker, National Geographic, and the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
Jones, Philip
Inside Mountford's tent: paint, politics and paperwork
Kaeppler, Adrienne L
Collecting Australia at the Smithsonian: 150 years and still going
Marett, A and Barwick, L
Snapshots of musical life: Simpson's 1948 recordings
May, Sally K
A history of the 1948 expedition
MacGregor, Tony
Birds on the wire: Colin Simpson and the emergence of the radio documentary feature
McCarthy, Lynne
The 'exciting thing was the landscape': Raymond Specht, a botanist in the field
McIntosh, Ian
Missing the Revolution! Negotiating disclosure on the Pre-Macassans (Bayini) in North-East Arnhem Land
McKenzie, Robyn
Forget the barks! Bring on the string figures! The String Figures of Yirrkala: Activating a legacy
Miller, G and Cashner, R
Beneath the billabongs: The scientific legacy of Robert Rush Miller
Neale, Margo
'Bastard barks': A gift from the 1948 Arnhem Land expedition
Russell, S and Chapman, D
The responsibilities of leadership: The records of Charles P Mountford
Specht, Raymond Louis
Appraising the legacy of the Arnhem Land Expedition: An insider's perspective
Taylor, Paul Michael
Historic perspectives on the Smithsonian's participation in the Arnhem Land Expedition: Transformations of the expeditionary enterprise
Thomas, Martin
Unpacking the testimony of Gerald Blitner: An Indigenous perspective on the Arnhem Land Expedition
