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This book relays the largely untold story of the approximately
1,100 Australian war graves workers whose job it was to locate,
identify exhume and rebury the thousands of Australian soldiers who
died in Europe during the First World War. It tells the story of
the men of the Australian Graves Detachment and the Australian
Graves Service who worked in the period 1919 to 1922 to ensure that
grieving families in Australia had a physical grave which they
could mourn the loss of their loved ones. By presenting
biographical vignettes of eight men who undertook this work, the
book examines the mechanics of the commemoration of the Great War
and extends our understanding of the individual toll this onerous
task took on the workers themselves.
This book relays the largely untold story of the approximately
1,100 Australian war graves workers whose job it was to locate,
identify exhume and rebury the thousands of Australian soldiers who
died in Europe during the First World War. It tells the story of
the men of the Australian Graves Detachment and the Australian
Graves Service who worked in the period 1919 to 1922 to ensure that
grieving families in Australia had a physical grave which they
could mourn the loss of their loved ones. By presenting
biographical vignettes of eight men who undertook this work, the
book examines the mechanics of the commemoration of the Great War
and extends our understanding of the individual toll this onerous
task took on the workers themselves.
Provides an insight into the environmental knowledge of Indigenous
Australians. Indigenous Australians have long understood
sustainable hunting and harvesting, seasonal changes in flora and
fauna, predator-prey relationships and imbalances, and seasonal
fire management. Yet the extent of their knowledge and expertise
has been largely unknown and underappreciated by non-Aboriginal
colonists, especially in the south-east of Australia where
Aboriginal culture was severely fractured. Aboriginal Biocultural
Knowledge in South-eastern Australia is the first book to examine
historical records from early colonists who interacted with
south-eastern Australian Aboriginal communities and documented
their understanding of the environment, natural resources such as
water and plant and animal foods, medicine and other aspects of
their material world. This book provides a compelling case for the
importance of understanding Indigenous knowledge, to inform
discussions around climate change, biodiversity, resource
management, health and education. It will be a valuable reference
for natural resource management agencies, academics in Indigenous
studies and anyone interested in Aboriginal culture and knowledge.
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