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Aboriginal Peoples and Terrestrial Invertebrates in Australia : Historical and Cultural Relationships - Philip A. Clarke

Aboriginal Peoples and Terrestrial Invertebrates in Australia

Historical and Cultural Relationships

By: Philip A. Clarke

eBook | 19 January 2026

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Aboriginal peoples have deep connections with Australia's terrestrial invertebrates, going back millennia. This book focuses on these historical and cultural relationships, describing the role of insects and other arthropods as totemic ancestors and spirit beings. It also explores Aboriginal nomenclature, foraging techniques and the use of land-based arthropods and molluscs as food, medicine and for making artefacts.

Through the lens of ethnoentomology, Philip Clarke examines the cultural significance of invertebrates, highlighting their role in shaping Aboriginal identities and their interactions with the unique Australian environment, blending scientific and Indigenous sources. By taking a historical perspective, Aboriginal Peoples and Terrestrial Invertebrates in Australia examines the gaps between the knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples and Western science, to encourage further collaboration and acknowledgment in the future.

This is a companion work to the author's successful book Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia.

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Non-FictionScienceBiology, Life SciencesZoology & Animal SciencesZoology & InvertebratesEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, PlanningThe EnvironmentApplied EcologyBiodiversityHistorySociety & CultureSocial Groups
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