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Shaking Hands on the Fringe: Negotiating the Aboriginal World at King George's Sound

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Shaking Hands on the Fringe: Negotiating the Aboriginal World at King George's Sound
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tiffany Shellam
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:274
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenreAustralia, New Zealand & Pacific history
ISBN/Barcode 9781921401268
ClassificationsDewey:994.120049915 994
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher UWA Publishing
Imprint UWAP
Publication Date 1 May 2009
Publication Country Australia

Description

In 1826 the British set up a garrison on the edges of an Aboriginal world at King George's Sound, the site of present-day Albany, Western Australia, with the aim of deterring the French from occupying the area. The British newcomers and the area's Indigenous inhabitants, the King Ya-nup, came to share a small space, forcing both cultures to adapt in order to communicate and interact with one another. Within this sphere, associations and friendships were formed that were as surprising as they were unique. This ethnographic history narrates several intimate cross-cultural stories of the developing relationships between British and Aboriginal individuals at King George's Sound.