'Inhabited by a race of formidable giants': French explorers, Aborigines, and the endurance of the fantastic in the Great South Land, 1803
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This paper concerns a very small episode in Australian history that few would be aware of: a failed fishing expedition off Shark Bay, Western Australia, in 1803, which culminated in two cross-cultural encounters between French explorers and local Aboriginal men. The few scholars who are familiar with this incident generally explain it away in a brief sentence or two—for instance Colin Dyer simply states that ‘the French experienced the usual hostile reception extended in this region' (113)—and...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Konishi, Shino | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-03T00:31:38Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-20T06:04:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-08-03T00:31:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-12-20T06:04:07Z | |
dc.identifier.citation | Australian Humanities Review 44 (2008): 7-22 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1325-8338 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10440/638 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper concerns a very small episode in Australian history that few would be aware of: a failed fishing expedition off Shark Bay, Western Australia, in 1803, which culminated in two cross-cultural encounters between French explorers and local Aboriginal men. The few scholars who are familiar with this incident generally explain it away in a brief sentence or two—for instance Colin Dyer simply states that ‘the French experienced the usual hostile reception extended in this region' (113)—and then quickly move on to more significant events in the history of French maritime discoveries in Australia. So why am I writing about this seemingly uneventful event? | |
dc.format | 16 pages | |
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dc.source | Australian Humanities Review | |
dc.source.uri | http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p38451/pdf/essay01.pdf | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-March-2008/konishi.html | |
dc.title | 'Inhabited by a race of formidable giants': French explorers, Aborigines, and the endurance of the fantastic in the Great South Land, 1803 | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Affiliation in article: Konishi, Shino, National Museum of Australia | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 44 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-03 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 210301 | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u8205243xPUB140 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Konishi, Shino, Research School of Social Sciences, History Program | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | March | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 16 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-08T10:30:17Z | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
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