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Making a sea change: Rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of McCarthy’s research on Groote Eylandt
Dr Anne Clarke, University of Sydney and Ursula Frederick, Australian National University
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Dr Anne Clarke and Ms Ursula Frederick revisit Frederick McCarthy’s research in relation to their own more recent analyses of rock art sites on Groote Eylandt, using sites that were not recorded in 1948, and focusing on cross-cultural interaction.
Appraising the legacy of the Arnhem Land Expedition: An insider’s perspective
Emeritus Professor Raymond Louis Specht
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Raymond Louis Specht, botanist on the 1948 Expedition, reflects on the influence of the Expedition and discusses his botanical investigations.
Birds on the wire: Colin Simpson and the emergence of the radio documentary feature
Tony MacGregor, Arts Editor, ABC Radio National
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Tony MacGregor examines the 1948 ABC radio feature about the Expedition both as a remarkable contemporary account and as a media object of an emerging form – the radio documentary feature.
Launch of Collecting Cultures, a book about the 1948 expedition
Craddock Morton, National Museum of Australia
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Craddock Morton, Director of the National Museum of Australia, introduces, contextualises and launches the book by Sally K May: Collecting Cultures: Myth, Politics and Collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
The ‘exciting thing was the landscape’: Raymond Specht, a botanist in the field
Dr Lynne McCarthy, National Museum of Australia
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Lynne McCarthy explores the work of Raymond Louis Specht, Expedition botanist, and considers his botanical collection as both a process and a product.
Unpacking the testimony of Gerald Blitner: An Indigenous perspective on the Arnhem Land Expedition
Martin Thomas, University of Sydney
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Gerald Blitner served as a guide and translator for the Expedition. Here, Martin Thomas explores his oral testimony alongside archival evidence, including observations recorded by the Expedition party, to unpack their intercultural exchanges.
Inside Mountford’s tent: paint, politics and paperwork
Dr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Charles Mountford lacked formal credentials as an anthropologist or scientist, yet he led the largest and most complex scientific expedition to remote Australia. Dr Philip Jones explores Mountford’s contribution and the controversy around his leadership.
‘Bastard barks’: A gift from the 1948 Arnhem Land expedition
Adjunct Professor Margo Neale, National Museum of Australia
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Margo Neale explores Charles Mountford’s collection of works on paper, locating them as a useful starting point for reassessing Mountford’s reputation as a collector of Aboriginal art and stories.
Locating the expedition politically: 1948 American–Australian Relations
Professor the Hon Kim Beazley AC
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Kim Beazley situates the 1948 Expedition in the context of postwar international relations.
The responsibilities of leadership: The records of Charles P Mountford
Suzy Russell (paper co-authored by Denise Chapman), State Library of South Australia
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Suzy Russell describes the Mountford–Sheard collection at the State Library of South Australia, shares insights recorded by Bessie Mountford in a journal she kept during the Expedition, and considers some Expedition controversies.
