British Anatomists, Phrenologists and the Construction of the Aboriginal Race, c.1790–1830

This article considers how Aboriginal Australian bodily remains were procured and understood in British anatomical and phrenological circles from the beginning of Australian colonization in 1788 to the early 1830s. These years saw an important shift in European thinking about race. The idea that rac...

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Main Author: Turnbull, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: History compass
Year: 2007, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 26-50
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