Strangers on the shore : early coastal contacts in Australia / / edited by Peter Veth, Peter Sutton and Margo Neale.

• Author: National Museum of Australia.
• TeilnehmendeR: Veth, Peter Marius.; Sutton, Peter, 1946-; Neale, Margo.; National Museum of Australia.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 211 p. :; ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781876944636; 9781921953033 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Peter Veth, Peter Sutton and Margo Neale.

"Contacts between Indigenous Australians and outsiders - Macassans, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, Americans and others - are known to have occurred for 400 years. This book explores these diverse, subtle, dynamic and volatile first encounters from Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives. It also looks at the myriad elements of these cross-cultural exchanges, which resulted in profound outcomes for the First Australians. Strangers on the Shore: A Conference on Early Coastal Contacts with Australia was a landmark conference held at the National Museum of Australia on 30-31 March 2006"--Provided by publisher.