Ochre and Rust

Artefacts and encounters on Australian frontiers

Philip Jones

HB 448 PP 230 x 168 ILLUS FULL COLOUR THROUGHOUT 9781862545854 $49.95 Aboriginal Studies / Australian History Wakefield Press

Ochre and Rust takes nine Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and positions them at the centre of these gripping, poignant tales set in the heart of Australia’s frontier zone.

Philip Jones is a curator and historian, based at the South Australian Museum.

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Boomerang: Behind an Australian icon

Australia’s Muslim Cameleers (with Anna Kenny)

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Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island

Fatal Collisions: The South Australian frontier and the violence of memory