The First Wave Book Launch

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Flinders University

Flinders University invites graduates and friends of the University to attend the ‘The First Wave’ Book Launch at Room 1, Level 1, Flinders at Victoria Square. 
We hope that you will be able to join us at the launch, please RSVP by Thursday 5 September. Light refreshments will be served.
Dress Code: Business Attire.
The First Wave - Exploring Early Coastal Contact History in Australia Edited by Flinders academics, Danielle Clode and Gillian Dooley
The European maritime explorers who first visited the bays and beaches of Australia brought with them a wide range of assumptions about the inhabitants of the country. Most of the assumptions were based on sketchy or non-existent knowledge, contemporary theories like the idea of the noble savage, and an automatic belief of the superiority of European civilisation.
Though some were more culturally sensitive than others, mutual misunderstanding was almost universal, whether it resulted in violence or apparently friendly transactions. The Flinders-based editors, Danielle Clode and Gillian Dooley, bring together a broad range of contributors exploring the dynamics of these early encounters, from Indigenous cosmological perspectives and European history of ideas, to representations in art and literature. It also explores the role of animals, food and fire in mediating first-contact encounters and Indigenous agency in exploration and shipwrecks.

Flinders at Victoria Square

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