Person

Mathews, Robert Hamilton (1841 - 1918)

Born
21 April 1841
Narellan, New South Wales, Australia
Died
22 May 1918
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Surveyor and Anthropologist

Summary

Robert Mathews wrote widely on Aboriginal culture and society.

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Published resources

Books

  • Thomas, Martin, The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: in Search of an Australian Anthropologist (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2011), 462 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Koch, Harold, 'R. H. Mathews' schema for the description of Australian languages' in Encountering Aboriginal languages: studies in the history of Australian linguistics, McGregor, William B., ed. (Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2008), pp. 179-218. Details
  • Martin, T., 'The Ethnomania of R. H. Mathews: Anthropology and the Rage for Collecting' in Limits of Location: Creating a Colony, Pointer, Gretchen and Jack, Sybil, eds (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2007), pp. 189-208. Details
  • McBryde, Isabel, 'Mathews, Robert Hamilton (1841-1918), surveyor and anthropologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 225-226. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050256b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

Resources

Reviews

  • Thomas, Martin, The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: in Search of an Australian Anthropologist. Sydney (2011)
    Howes, Hilary, Historical Records of Australian Science, 24 (1), (2013), 164-5, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR12024. Details
  • Thomas, Martin, The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: in Search of an Australian Anthropologist. Sydney (2011)
    Lydon, Jane, 'Observing the Observer', History Australia, 9, (2012), 241-3. Details

See also

  • Clarke, Philip A., 'The Aboriginal Australian cosmic landscape, part 2: plant connections with the skyworld', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 18 (1) (2015), 23-37. Details
  • Flood, Josephine M., The moth hunters: Aboriginal prehistory of the Australian Alps (Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1980), 388 pp, https://www.ligatu.re/book/the-moth-hunters/. Details
  • Leaman, Trevor M.; and Hamacher, Duane W., 'Baiami and the emu chase: an astronomical interpretation of a Wiradjuri dreaming associated with the Burbung', Journal of astronomical history and heritage, 22 (2) (2019), 225-37. http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2019JAHHvol22/2019JAHH...22..225L.pdf. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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