Colliding Worlds

First Contact in the Western Desert

By: Philip Batty, Dick Kimber (Contribution by), Jeremy Long (Contribution by), John Kean (Contribution by)

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Paperback | 1 January 2006

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This is a wonderful account of first contact between black and white Australians. Paintings, portraits, objects and landscapes are produced in both colour and black and white, accompanied by fascinating first-hand accounts of first contact.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Ethnic Studies Indigenous Peoples Arts & Entertainment History of Art & Design Styles Art Styles Not Defined by Date Art of Indigenous Peoples History Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History

Introduction : intercultural debris	p. 2
Kapi! : contact experiences in the western desert 1873-1894	p. 4
Meetings with strangers	p. 30
When we first met White people : five biographies	p. 38
A big canvas : mobilising Pintupi painting	p. 46
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