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Across Australia
Fieldwork on the Aborigines of Central Australia by Spencer and Gillen was published in two volumes in 1912.
"My Dear Spencer"
The extraordinary collection of letters has remained unpublished for nearly a century. It sheds vivid light on race relations, social conditions and Aboriginal culture in Central Australia, It also documents a crucial and poorly understood period in the history of anthropology. The book makes an invaluable contribution to the understanding of central Australian Aboriginal society, and to current debates concerning land rights.
Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia
The first ethnographic survey of thirteen tribes from the Northern Territories of Australia, first published in 1914.
Native Tribes of Central Australia
A pioneering and influential ethnography of Central Australian Aboriginal tribal customs and social structures, first published in 1899.
The Native Tribes of Central Australia
THE native tribes with which we are dealing occupy an area in the centre of the Australian continent which, roughly speaking, is not less than 700 miles in length from north to south, and stretches out east and west of the transcontinental telegraph line, covering an unknown extent of country in either direction. Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer KCMG (23 June 1860 - 14 July 1929) was an English-Australian biologist and anthropologist.
Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus
A delightful artifact of the fascination with the Middle East that gripped the Western intelligentsia in the early 20th century, this charming 1907 work is a showcase for the lovely paintings of renowned English artist WALTER TYRWHITT (1859-1932). The paintings include scenes in the ancient cities of Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus. The accompanying text, by English scholar DAVID SAMUEL MARGOLIOUTH-a professor of Arabic at Oxford University-is based on original sources from the region and the works of other celebrated historians, and serves as an enchanting primer to the history of these storied cities. Hard to find in print today, this replica edition makes a wonderful gift for fans of English art and armchair travelers alike. Author David S. Margoliouth (1858-1940), a professor of Arabic at Oxford University, worked from primary Arabic texts and omitted "all anecdotes that are obviously or most probably fabulous," resulting in a clear-headed history of a highly contentious moment in time.
"So Much that is New"
Ethnographic research amongst Aboriginal people of central and northern Australia; social organization and relationships; tribal law; totemism; sacred sites; customs and ceremonies; material culture; camps and reserves; social welfare and administration; Northern Territory Chief Protector of Aborigines; missions; National Museum of Victoria.
The Photographs of Baldwin Spencer
In 1894 Spencer was appointed as biologist and photographer for the Horn Expedition, the first scientific expedition to Central Australia. In 1901, he and Frank Gillen set off from Oodnadatta to Borroloola and took an amazing 500 glass-plate photographs, 3,000 feet of moving film and recordings of Aboriginal songs on wax cylinder phonograph. The Baldwin Spencer photographic archive is now regarded as one of the earliest and most significant ethnographic records of Aboriginal life in Australia. This extraordinary collection recorded with compassion and beauty the day-to-day lives of Aboriginal people and their cultural traditions and was to be one of the first major template for European Aust...
