Title: Collaboration, Collision, and (Re)Conciliation: Indigenous Participation in Australia’s Maritime Industry—A Case Study from Point Pearce/Burgiyana, South Australia
Abstract: This chapter investigates maritime cultural landscapes of Point Pearce Mission/Burgiyana, in the Yorke Peninsula/Guuranda region of South AustraliaAustralia . Burgiyana is home to the NarunggaNarungga peoples. This research investigates the participation of Aboriginal peoples in Australia’sAustralia maritime industry, an important component of Australian maritime heritage. Maritime activities at Point Pearce/Burgiyana have contributed to Australia’sAustralia maritime industry through engagements that include in-kind transactions, employment within the fishing economy, and shipping trade labor—both at sea and on land. This research uses a maritime cultural landscape framework to explore Indigenous themes previously rarely employed in archaeological research. In addition, most maritime archaeological studies have neglected Aboriginal missionsMissions as potential sites/landscapes for analysis and, similarly, archaeological research at missionsMissions has largely ignored maritime aspects. The outcomes of the project illustrate that Aboriginal maritime cultural landscapes are not only a prominent part of the Australian landscape, but also provoke reconsiderations regarding how archaeologists see the relationship between the maritime and Indigenous archaeological record. The findings propose that maritime archaeologists could employ a maritime cultural landscape framework within other themes of cultural contact that include missionsMissions situated on waterways.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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