Australian aboriginal rock art / Frederick D. McCarthy
- Bib ID:
- 1757756
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McCarthy, Frederick D. (Frederick David), 1905-1997
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Sydney : Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1962
- 72 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
- Summary:
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Survey of Australian rock art; engravings SydneyHawkesbury area, lower Murray River, Port Hedland, Panaramitee; linear and intaglio engravings subjects - Mootwingie, west and south Queensland; antiquity of petroglyphs; superiority of northern and central Australian paintings, materials used, styles (New South Wales, Queensland, Arnhem Land, Kimberleys, Central Australia); survey of sites throughout Australia with mythological interpretations; antiquity of paintings; theories of origin of Wandjunas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography.
- Subject:
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- Art, Aboriginal Australian
- Rock paintings -- Australia
- Stories and motifs
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Art - Subjects - Wandjina
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Panaramitee (SE SA SI54-02)
- Queensland Far North West (Qld Far NW SE54)
- Mutawintji / Mootwingee / Mutanie (NW NSW SH54-15)
- South Central Northern Territory (NT)
- West Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51)
- South West Queensland (SW Qld SG54, SG55, SH54, SH55)
- Northern Territory Top End (NT)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- North East South Australia (NE SA SG54, SH54)
- Port Hedland (WA East Pilbara SF50-04)
- South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
- Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
- Western Australia - Central Australia (WA SE52, SF52, SG52)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2067 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1997
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1962
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