A Trip to the Dominions: The Scientific Event That Changed Australia 9781922464002

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Автор: Russell Lynette
Название: A Trip to the Dominions: The Scientific Event That Changed Australia
ISBN: 9781922464002
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
Издательство: Monash University Publishing
Классификация:

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Первая мировая война

ISBN-10: 1922464007
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 160
Вес: 0.25 кг.
Дата издания: 01.02.2021
Серия: History
Язык: English
Размер: 17.27 x 10.92 x 1.02 cm
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: Australasian & Pacific history,First World War,History of science,Indigenous peoples,Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
Подзаголовок: The scientific event that changed australia
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: On the eve of the Great War, in 1914 the Australian Federal Government sponsored the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) to travel to Australia for their annual conference. Over 150 scientists were fully funded by the Australian Commonwealth government and they travelled on three ships especially commanded for this purpose. Across five major cities, public talks, demonstrations and excursions familiarised the visiting scientists with Australian natural and hard sciences, geology, botany as well as anthropology. In terms of anthropology, the congress presented a unique opportunity to showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. The Association, deeply impressed by this, urged the Federal Government to support a chair in anthropology to be based at an Australian university. Other outcomes included the Associations recommendations to establish a Commonwealth Scientific Institute (later CSIRO) and to develop a national telescope at Mt Stromlo. Although these were delayed by the outbreak of WWI, it is clear that this Trip to the Dominions was no mere singular event, but rather left a legacy we are still beneficiaries of today.

A Trip to the Dominions: The Scientific Event That Changed Australia, Russell Lynette