'Strange paintings' and 'mystery races': Kimberley rock-art, difrusionism and colonialist constructions of Australia's Aboriginal past

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 274, 1997, Pages 801-809

  Mcniven, Ian J ^a   Russell, Lynette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0039757111     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085744     Document Type: Article

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