A Different Time: The Expedition Photopgraphs of Herbert Basedow 1903-1928

Description

Herbert Basedow was an anthropologist, geologist and medical doctor who used photography to document his expeditions into central and northern Australia between 1903 and 1928. A Different Time: The Expedition Photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903-1928 draws on the National Museum of Australia's rich collection of Basedow's photographic work from 12 of his expeditions. These revealing, sometimes confronting, images provide a fascinating historical record of the people and places he encountered, and life in remote Australia in the early 1900s, as well as informing his broad-ranging scientific work. This book supports the National Museum of Australia's 2008 exhibition of the same name.

David Kaus is a curator in the National Museum of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Repatriation programs. He has long-standing research interests in Indigenous material cultures, the market for Indigenous arts and crafts, and the history of collecting. He is the author of Ernabella Batiks in the Hilliard Collection of the National Museum of Australia.