| Main Title: |
A different time : the expedition photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903-1928 / David Kaus. |
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| Author: |
Kaus, David.
Basedow, Herbert, 1881-1933.
National Museum of Australia
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| Imprint: |
Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press, 2008 |
| Collation: |
ill., portraits, map, hardback ; v, 218 p. : 24 x 29 cm. |
| Summary: |
Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Basedow the man -- Basedow the scientist -- Basedow the photographer -- South Australian Government prospecting expedition, 1903 -- Government expeditions in the Top End, 1905 and 1911 -- Surveys of the Flinders Ranges, 1905 to about 1913 -- Expedition in search of munitions minerals in the Kimberley, 1916 -- First medical relief expedition, 1919 -- Second medical relief expedition, 1920 -- Third medical relief expedition, 1920 -- Mararoa geological expedition to the Victoria River, 1922 -- Vice-regal expedition to central Australia, 1923 -- Mackay expedition in central Australia, 1926 -- Mackay expedition to Arnhem Land, 1928 -- Map of the expeditions -- Notes.
"Herbert Basedow was an anthropologist, geologist and medical doctor who used photography to document his expeditions into central and northern Australia in the early decades of the twentieth century ... These revealing, sometimes confronting images provide a fascinating historical record of the people and places he encountered, and life in Australia in the early 1900s." -- Cover. |
| Subject: |
Basedow, Herbert, 1881-1933
National Museum of Australia.
Anthropologists and anthropology
First Nations Australians
Photographers and photography
Exhibitions
Pictorial works
Expeditions
Nineteen hundreds 1900s
Northern Territory
Central Australia
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| ISBN: |
9781876944650 (hbk.) : |
| Notes: |
Catalogue of the exhibition held 11 July-12 Oct., 2008, at the National Museum of Australia. Different Time: The Expedition Photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903–1928 drew on the National Museum of Australia's rich collection of Basedow's photographic work. Imagine life in a different time with Herbert Basedow's photographs of early 20th-century expeditions into central and northern Australia.
Herbert Basedow — anthropologist, geologist, scientist, explorer and medical practitioner — was a remarkable Australian. He was renowned for the breadth of his work across central and northern Australia in the early decades of the 20th century. His extensive knowledge of the country and his opinions were highly valued by scientists, politicians and businessmen of his era.
Part of his great legacy is the National Museum of Australia's collection of more than 2200 negatives created during his many expeditions in remote Australia. His photographs reveal his diverse interests and provide poignant reflections of expeditionary and frontier life — a window into a different time.
Bibliography: p. 213-218.
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