Histories of rock art research in Western Australia’s Kimberley, 1838–2000

Joakim Goldhahn; Sam Harper; Pete Veth; Sven Ouzman

doi:10.22459/TA55.2022

Histories of rock art research in Western Australia’s Kimberley, 1838–2000

Joakim Goldhahn, Sam Harper, Pete Veth, Sven Ouzman

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This article frames the history of rock art research in the Kimberley in north-western Australia through four tropes of colonialism. We distinguish three phases of research, starting with ‘Explorers and colonisers’ from 1838 to the early 1900s, followed by the move ‘Towards an Indigenous understanding of Australian rock art’ that derived from early missionary and ethnographic studies conducted during the first half of the twentieth century up to 1960, before developing into ‘Diverging fields of rock art research’ from the 1960s. We conclude our discussion around the year 2000 but refer to current research topics and discourses when apposite.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Histories of Australian Rock Art Research
Editors	Paul S.C. Taçon, Sally K. May, Jo McDonald, Ursula Fredricks
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	ANU Press
Chapter	10
Pages	173–204
Number of pages	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22459/TA55.2022
Publication status	Published - 6 Sep 2022

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Name	Terra Australis
Publisher	ANU Press
Volume	55

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Histories of rock art research in Western Australia’s Kimberley, 1838–2000. / Goldhahn, Joakim ; Harper, Sam ; Veth, Pete et al.

Histories of Australian Rock Art Research. ed. / Paul S.C. Taçon; Sally K. May; Jo McDonald; Ursula Fredricks. Canberra : ANU Press, 2022. p. 173–204 (Terra Australis ; Vol. 55).

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