'The productions of Aboriginal states': : Australian Aboriginal and settler exhibits at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855

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The work 'The productions of Aboriginal states': : Australian Aboriginal and settler exhibits at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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'The productions of Aboriginal states': : Australian Aboriginal and settler exhibits at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855

Title remainder

Australian Aboriginal and settler exhibits at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855

Statement of responsibility

Elizabeth Willis

Creator

• Willis, Elizabeth

Subject

• Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places - Exhibition and display
• Kerr, John Hunter, 1821-1874
• Milligan, Joseph, 1807-1884
• Paris Universal Exhibition, 1855
• Race relations
• Technology
• Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places - Collections and acquisitions

Language

eng

Summary

"The Australian colonies of Victoria, New South Wales and Van Diemen?s Land sent significant contributions to the Paris Exhibition of 1855. Alongside the timber samples, gold nuggets and furniture were a number of items made by Indigenous people. In the context of the exhibition, these were collected to showcase the 'works of industry' and labour of the Indigenous people. The chapter discusses the collectors and their relationships with Aboriginal people, describes the preliminary exhibitions held in Melbourne and Sydney in 1854, and traces the subsequent fate of the Australian contributions after they reached Paris." (Authors abstract)

Is part of

• Seize the day :exhibitions, Australia and the world / edited by Kate Darian-Smith ... [et al.],

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no index present

Literary form

non fiction