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Songlines : tracking the Seven Sisters / edited by Margo Neale.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Canberra, ACT : National Museum of Australia Press, 2017Edition: 1st edition. HardbackDescription: 256 pages chiefly colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cmContent type:
  • cartographic image
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781921953309
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.89915 23
Summary: This stunning companion to the National Museum of Australia's blockbuster Indigenous-led exhibition, Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, explores the history and meaning of songlines, the Dreaming or creation tracks that crisscross the Australian continent, of which the Seven Sisters songline is one of the most extensive. Through stunning artworks (many created especially for the exhibition), story, and in-depth analysis, the book will provide the definitive resource for those interested in finding out more about these complex pathways of spiritual, ecological, economic, cultural, and ontological knowledge - the stories 'written in the land'.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 305.89915 SON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 67833

Published to accompany the exhibition Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, National Museum of Australia, opening 15 September 2017.

Bibliography: pages 242-245.

This stunning companion to the National Museum of Australia's blockbuster Indigenous-led exhibition, Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, explores the history and meaning of songlines, the Dreaming or creation tracks that crisscross the Australian continent, of which the Seven Sisters songline is one of the most extensive. Through stunning artworks (many created especially for the exhibition), story, and in-depth analysis, the book will provide the definitive resource for those interested in finding out more about these complex pathways of spiritual, ecological, economic, cultural, and ontological knowledge - the stories 'written in the land'.

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