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Author: Molly Duggins (National Art School, Australia) , Mark De Vitis , Georgina Cole
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.740kg
ISBN: 9781350507838
ISBN 10: 1350507830
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 22 January 2026
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction, Molly Duggins (National Art School, Sydney, Australia), Mark De Vitis (The University of Sydney, Australia), Georgina Cole (National Art School, Sydney, Australia) Part One: Living Objects 1. Ngubadi Warura: Stringing it All Together, Shannon Foster (D'harawal Saltwater Knowledge Keeper, the University of Technology Sydney, Australia) 2. Sylvan Eyelash of Australian Waters: Guman/Casuarina glauca in Wuganmagulya/Farm Cove, Michael Hill (National Art School, Sydney, Australia) Part Two: Collecting Objects 3. Country and Colony in the Macquarie Collector’s Chest, Shane Frost (Awabakal Elder and Indigenous historian) and Molly Duggins (National Art School, Sydney, Australia) 4. Royal Booties: Aboriginal Shell-Slippers at Buckingham Palace, Maria Nugent (the Australian National University) Part Three: Migrating Objects 5. Who’s Been Sleeping in my Bed? Californian-made Furniture in Australia from the 1880s to 2020s, Mark De Vitis (The University of Sydney, Australia) 6. ‘With Compliments of Mr & Mrs Quong Tart’: Chinese-Australian Identity in the Gallop House Photomontage Print, Shuxia Chen (University of NSW, Australia) 7. Diasporic Objects: Resounding the Past, James Nguyen and Victoria Pham (Independent Scholars and Artists) Part Four: Monumental Objects 8. Casting Shadows: Speculative Impressions of a Captain Cook Monument, Julia Lum (Scripps College, Claremont, USA) 9. Appropriation, Pluralism and Interconnection in the ‘Australia’ Signs for Expo ’88, Priya Vaughan and Mark De Vitis (The University of Sydney, Australia) Part Five: Immaterial Objects 10. Spinning a Golden Boomerang out of Thin Air, Anita Callaway (The University of Sydney, Australia) 11. Chosen Vessels: Clay and Spirit in the Ceramics of Anne Dangar, Georgina Cole and Shane Haseman (National Art School, Australia) 12. The Sky Is the Same: (Dis)orientation and (Be)longing, Ali Tahayori, Independent Scholar and Artist Epilogue, David Hansen Index
Reviews
These Australian objects burst into life: they have stories, textures, characters and feelings inscribed in them. And once crafted, they extend the lives of those who created them, or live with them. A wonderful collection, that will make you reconsider your own cherished objects. * Stephen Muecke, Emeritus Professor of Ethnography, the University of New South Wales, Australia * This book addresses how works of art made in or brought to Australia by Indigenous, settler colonial, and diverse immigrant cultures embody the complexities and fluidity of Australian identity. Paying attention to material sources, makers, constituent parts, and the life of the object, these essays powerfully interrogate exactly what we mean by the term “Australian."" * Edward S. Cooke, Jr. Charles F. Montgomery Professor of the History of Art, Yale University, USA *
Author Information
Molly Duggins is Lecturer in Art History and Theory at the National Art School, Sydney, Australia. Mark De Vitis is Lecturer in Art History at the University of Sydney, Australia. Georgina Cole is Lecturer in Art History and Theory at the National Art School, Sydney, Australia.
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