The Resource The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery, Alexandra Roginski
The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery, Alexandra Roginski
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- Summary
- 1860. An Aboriginal labourer named Jim Crow is led to the scaffold of the Maitland Gaol in colonial New South Wales. Among the onlookers is the Scotsman AS Hamilton, who will take bizarre steps in the aftermath of the execution to exhume this young man's skull. Hamilton is a lecturer who travels the Australian colonies teaching phrenology, a popular science that claims character and intellect can be judged from a person's head. For Hamilton, Jim Crow is an important prize. A century and a half later, researchers at Museum Victoria want to repatriate Jim Crow and other Aboriginal people from Hamilton's collection of human remains to their respective communities. But their only clues are damaged labels and skulls. With each new find, more questions emerge. Who was Jim Crow? Why was he executed? And how did he end up so far south in Melbourne? In a compelling and original work of history, Alexandra Roginski leads the reader through her extensive research aimed at finding the person within the museum piece. Reconstructing the narrative of a life and a theft, she crafts a case study that elegantly navigates between legal and Aboriginal history, heritage studies and biography
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- xii, 198 pages (large print)
- Note
- Originally published: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, c2015
- Isbn
- 9781525215629
- Label
- The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery
- Title
- The hanged man and the body thief
- Title remainder
- finding lives in a museum mystery
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexandra Roginski
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 1860. An Aboriginal labourer named Jim Crow is led to the scaffold of the Maitland Gaol in colonial New South Wales. Among the onlookers is the Scotsman AS Hamilton, who will take bizarre steps in the aftermath of the execution to exhume this young man's skull. Hamilton is a lecturer who travels the Australian colonies teaching phrenology, a popular science that claims character and intellect can be judged from a person's head. For Hamilton, Jim Crow is an important prize. A century and a half later, researchers at Museum Victoria want to repatriate Jim Crow and other Aboriginal people from Hamilton's collection of human remains to their respective communities. But their only clues are damaged labels and skulls. With each new find, more questions emerge. Who was Jim Crow? Why was he executed? And how did he end up so far south in Melbourne? In a compelling and original work of history, Alexandra Roginski leads the reader through her extensive research aimed at finding the person within the museum piece. Reconstructing the narrative of a life and a theft, she crafts a case study that elegantly navigates between legal and Aboriginal history, heritage studies and biography
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roginski, Alexandra
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Crow, Jim
- Hamilton, A. S
- Museum Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians
- Phrenology
- Body snatching
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery, Alexandra Roginski
- Note
- Originally published: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, c2015
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p225841869
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- xii, 198 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781525215629
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
- Specific material designation
- large print
- Label
- The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery, Alexandra Roginski
- Note
- Originally published: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, c2015
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p225841869
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- xii, 198 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781525215629
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
- Specific material designation
- large print
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