Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

The antiquarians of the Central Burnett Region, a history of local scholarship into the Aboriginal material past, Daniel Leo

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The antiquarians of the Central Burnett Region

Daniel Leo

a history of local scholarship into the Aboriginal material past

Discusses the practice of antiquarianism in Australia; focusses on the Central Burnett region (Eidsvold, Mundubbera and Gayndah areas); Herbert S. Bloxsome, of Delubra Station, was a local history expert for the Mundubbera area; he formed friendships with the Jangerie Jangerie people; Bloxsome's works includes stories about the Aboriginal people from the colonial period and the early nineteen hundreds; son Barclay also an active antiquarian; extensive stone tool collection still in family hands; discusses Louis Bancroft, collector of hundreds of objects, who established the Eidsvold Historical Society and Museum; objects sent to other collectors; specialist knowledge on stone implements and places such as rock art caves; looks at Mundubbera and Eidsvold Historical Societies and Museums and their contrasting collections of the Aboriginal material past and history; discusses antiquarians in district now and their relationship to the Djaku-nde Jangeri Jangeri people;their approach to understanding the Aboriginal material past and culture and their research of the history of their station and the area, including an Aboriginal Reserve in the Auburn Falls National Park