TY - BOOK ID - 136885187 TI - The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills AU - Clark, Ian D AU - Cahir, Fred PY - 2013 SN - 0643108106 1486306276 0643108092 9780643108097 9780643108103 9780643108080 0643108084 PB - Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Aboriginal Australians. KW - Explorers KW - Burke and Wills Expedition KW - Australia KW - Discovery and exploration UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136885187 AB - The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills is the first major study of Aboriginal associations with the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61. A main theme of the book is the contrast between the skills, perceptions and knowledge of the Indigenous people and those of the new arrivals, and the extent to which this affected the outcome of the expedition.The book offers a reinterpretation of the literature surrounding Burke and Wills, using official correspondence, expedition journals and diaries, visual art, and archaeological and linguistic research - and then complements this with references to A ER -