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Fire and Hearth

A Study of Aboriginal Usage and European Usurpation in South-Western Australia

Fire and Hearth( )
Author: J. Hallam, Sylvia
Preface by: Mulvaney, John
ISBN:978-1-74258-599-4
Publication Date:Jun 2014
Publisher:UWA Publishing
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $29.99
Book Description:

Professor Sylvia J. Hallam FAHA has written a substantial Afterword to accompany a facsimile edition of her classic work from 1975, Fire and Hearth. In the light of considerable interest in this subject we are thrilled to release this work of deep scholarship back for a new readership.

This revised edition includes a Preface by John Mulvaney, and a foldout colour poster of Lieutenant Robert Dale's Panoramic View of King George's Sound and Adjacent Country, 1834.

Book Details
Pages:220
Detailed Subjects: History / Australia & New Zealand
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.25 x 8.5 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.64 Pounds
Author Biography
J. Hallam, Sylvia (Author)
John Mulvaney was born in Victoria, Australia on October 26, 1925. During World War II, he served in the Australian Air Force. He received a degree in history at Melbourne University and a degree in prehistoric archaeology at Cambridge University. In 1954, he became a lecturer at Melbourne University. In 1965, he started teaching at the Australian National University in Canberra. He retired from there in 1985.

He was an archaeologist and author. He wrote, co-authored, or edited 16 books including his autobiography, Digging up a Past, which was published in 2011. He died on September 22, 2016 at the age of 90.

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