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How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia

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Abstract

  • Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian

    landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of

    these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought...

Authors

  •   Spry, Caroline (external author)
  •   Armstrong, Brian J. (external author)
  •   Hayes, Elspeth H.
  •   Webb, John A. (external author)
  •   Allen, Kathryn (external author)
  •   Paton, Lisa (external author)
  •   Hua, Quan (external author)
  •   Fullagar, Richard L.

Publication Date

  • 2020

Citation

  • Spry, C., Armstrong, B. J., Hayes, E., Webb, J. Allan., Allen, K., Paton, L., Hua, Q. & Fullagar, R. (2020). How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia. The Conversation, 11 June 1-6.

Ro Full-text Url

  • https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2384&context=smhpapers1

Ro Metadata Url

  • http://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers1/1366

Number Of Pages

  • 5

Start Page

  • 1

End Page

  • 6

Volume

  • 11 June

Place Of Publication

  • Australia

Abstract

  • Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian

    landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of

    these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought...

Authors

  •   Spry, Caroline (external author)
  •   Armstrong, Brian J. (external author)
  •   Hayes, Elspeth H.
  •   Webb, John A. (external author)
  •   Allen, Kathryn (external author)
  •   Paton, Lisa (external author)
  •   Hua, Quan (external author)
  •   Fullagar, Richard L.

Publication Date

  • 2020

Citation

  • Spry, C., Armstrong, B. J., Hayes, E., Webb, J. Allan., Allen, K., Paton, L., Hua, Q. & Fullagar, R. (2020). How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia. The Conversation, 11 June 1-6.

Ro Full-text Url

  • https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2384&context=smhpapers1

Ro Metadata Url

  • http://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers1/1366

Number Of Pages

  • 5

Start Page

  • 1

End Page

  • 6

Volume

  • 11 June

Place Of Publication

  • Australia