Book ID: 94675
Clarke, Philip A.
Aboriginal Plant Collectors: Botanists and Australian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century. 2008. 70 col. pls. 30 b/w photogr. 191 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Investigates the role of particular Aboriginal groups and individuals in the botanical discovery of Australia. The bulk of this book is adetailed description of the interaction between particular plantcollectors and Aboriginal people through the nineteenth century. Thereare chapters on the work of George Caley, Allan Cunningham, Von Muellerand the resident plant collectors in Western Australia, South Australiaand Tasmania.