The Duplicity of Emus and Kangaroos: Coats of Arms from the Australian Frontier

Darren Jorgensen

doi:10.4324/9781003284765-5

The Duplicity of Emus and Kangaroos: Coats of Arms from the Australian Frontier

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Abstract

This chapter describes artefacts made on the frontiers of Australia in the nineteenth and early twentieth century inscribed with the nation's coat of arms. It argues that kangaroos and emus were popularly understood by artist carvers making boomerangs, shields, clubs and figurative sculpture as cross-cultural symbols. The animals were designed for a settler market in Aboriginalia, but carried with them a cosmpolitan signfiicance within early Australian art.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art
Editors	Sarah Scott, Helen McDonald, Caroline Jordan
Place of Publication	Milton
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	4
Pages	61-76
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003284765
ISBN (Print)	9781032257372
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003284765-5
Publication status	Published - 2024
Externally published	Yes

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art on 11 August 2023, available online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003284765
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The Art of Station Time in Australia: Pastoralism and Australian Art
Jorgensen, D. (Investigator 01)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/05/18 → 30/06/23
Project: Research

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