Culture and Translation: recovering he legacy of R.H Mathews

R. H. Mathews (1841-1918) was an Australian-born surveyor and self-taught anthropologist. From 1893 until his death in 1918, he made it his mission to record all 'new and interesting facts' about Aboriginal Australia. Despite falling foul with some of the most powerful figures in British a...

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Main Author: Thomas, Martin (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2007
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