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THESIS TITLE
Painted
Designs on Rainforest Aboriginal Shields from North Queensland:
An Analysis of Correlations between Design Styles and Geographical
Distribution, by Lachlan, R.-L. (formerly Hale), James
Cook University, Townsville. 1989.
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THE
RESEARCH
Dr Lachlan's
research on the rainforest Aboriginal shields was initially
commenced under a research grant from the Australian Museum,
1986 (under her former name Hale), for detailed examination
of rainforest shields held at the Australian Museum, including
those in the Roth Collection. With funding secured elsewhere,
plus self-funding to continue and complete the study, Dr Lachlan subsequently expanded the research to include shields
in collections in the major museums of Australia. The study ultimately included examination of slides and photographs in multiple collections throughout Australia. See below. While Dr Lachlan held the strongest wish to also conduct field research at a community in the Djirbal area of North Querensland, serious illness in that community naturally caused its people to be hesitant about having a research visitor during that sustained period of time. Fair enough. Although Dr Lachlan regularly drove past the entrance to the community when driving between Townsville and Cairns, she chose not to intrude on the community given the situation some of its people were facing. It is a human and ethical question that arises in this kind of research.
THE
THESIS
The thesis focused
on detailed examination "of 190 slides and photographs of
rainforest shields in the collections of the National Museum
of Australia, the Australian Museum, the Museum of Victoria,
the South Australian Museum, the Material Culture Unit of
James Cook University of North Queensland, the Macleay Museum,
and the Cairns Historical Museum."
(Lachlan [Hale], 1989, xv - xvi.)
The
thesis was awarded the Roth Prize for most outstanding Grad.
Dip. or M. Litt. thesis of the year by James Cook University.
ABSTRACT
"This
thesis examines the possibility of a correlation between
geographical distribution of the large wooden shields made
by the Aboriginal people of the north Queensland rainforest
and the designs appearing on the shields. The early chapters
do this through an examination of the relationship between
design and shield morphology for which a previous study
had indicated correlation with geographical distribution
(Abernethy 1984). Detailed analyses of the design symmetries
and the relationships between these design symmetries, shield
shapes, and the recorded distributions of language groups
within the rainforest are also presented. In part, the study
is also an attempt to find, without the benefit of field
data, a theoretical and methodological basis for the study
both of art and design on anthropological artefacts and
the geographical distribution of artefacts on the basis
of such art and design."
(Lachlan [Hale], 1989, ii.)
ACCESS/
COPYRIGHT/ LIABILITY INFO
>>> Thesis Access Request > (Goes to extenal form.)
>>> CURRENT STATEMENT ON ACCESS - Sept 6, 2020.
!!! All users who consult the thesis are bound by the most recent statement on access, including users who obtain access through unofficial means.
Further, all users MUST acknowledge the thesis author by name in either of the following two formats:
1. Lachlan, R-L (formerly Hale, R), 1989;
OR
2. Hale, R (now Lachlan, R-L), 1989.
>>> Print, sign, and return the signed Statement on Access. Send to the published mailing address in the United States. Keep a copy for your records. !!!
PREVIOUS STATEMENT ON ACCESS
The following excerpts from the statement on access of May 29, 2003, plus associated stipulations, supercede and replace that originally written
December 28, 1989:
Effective date May 29, 2003:
"...
All users consulting this thesis will have to sign the following
statement: 'In consulting this thesis [online material]
I agree not to copy or closely paraphrase it in whole or
in part without the prior written consent of the author;
I agree to make proper written acknowledgment for ANY
and ALL assistance
which I have obtained from it.
The
following stipulations also apply:
- The information set
out here serves as public notice that copyright over Dr
Ranna-Lesley Lachlan's (formerly Hale) thesis about the
rainforest shields, and all related research materials
(published and unpublished) generated by the author, is
held solely by the author.
- It is asserted here
that, since Dr Ranna-Lesley Lachlan's thesis is one of
only two dissertations devoted exclusively to the rainforest
shields, any user consulting the thesis derives significant
assistance from it and, therefore, consultation of the
thesis [and/or online quotations above] immediately
and automatically incurs all obligations and liabilities
stipulated and implied here.
- All users, individuals,
and organizations consulting the thesis for any not-for-profit,
commercial, or other purpose whatsoever MUST observe all
legal and ethical protocols and obligations regarding
licencing and ensuring due acknowledgment, and must make
prior arrangements regarding same. Prior signed and dated
written permission from the author is required before
any of the thesis material [including that quoted
above] can be used in any manner.
- The terms 'users'/
'users of the thesis' include, but are not limited to,
those who consult the thesis during the development of
or for production of exhibitions, exhibition catalogues,
catalogues for other purposes, dissertations, papers,
articles, and publications and any other products in any
media (print, electronic, or other) that are on the subject
of or make reference to the rainforest shields or other
material contained in the thesis.
- Tangible and enduring
written acknowledgment of the thesis must be included
in the document/ publication/ product/ project and its
supporting documentation. In the case of exhibitions,
labels are deemed ephemera and due acknowledgment must
be in an enduring format readily visible and accessible
to all sectors of the public during the exhibition, and
accessible to them subsequent to the exhibition. Failure
to make due acknowledgment of the author may be subject
to legal proceedings. Users of the thesis who fail to
make due acknowledgment and who subsequently receive career
benefit deriving from their product/ project relating
to the rainforest shields or other material in the thesis
may be subject to legal proceedings. Organizations profiting
in any manner from the products/ projects of, and/or employing,
and/or contracting such users of the thesis and/or sponsoring
and/or hosting their work may be subject to legal proceedings.
The managers, directors or other responsible personnel
or overseers of such organizations, may also be subject
to legal proceedings.
- All users of the
thesis including managers, curators, authors, researchers,
project developers, who consult the thesis and who receive
financial remuneration and/or other monetary benefit and/or
profit in any form for any subsequent exhibition/ document/
publication/ product/ project about the rainforest shields
or other material contained in the thesis are liable for
due compensation to the thesis author. Such commercial
users who consult the thesis but who fail to make due
compensation to its author may be subject to legal proceedings.
Organizations profiting in any manner from the products/
projects of, and/or employing, and/or contracting such
commercial users of the thesis and/or sponsoring and/or
hosting their work may be subject to legal proceedings.
The managers, directors or other responsible personnel
or overseers of such organizations, may also be subject
to legal proceedings.
- All moral rights
and any other considerations in favor of the author as
provided for under law but not specified in these stipulations,
are hereby asserted."
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CURATORIAL:
Although Dr Lachlan is a full
time contemporary artist in the U.S.A. and Australia,
she periodically provides advice and liaison on Australian anthropology
and material culture, the focus of her first graduate qualification,
and on the arts of India and East Asia which were the focus
of her PhD.
Dr Lachlan's other research - PhD Abstract
Other
writings by Dr Ranna-Lesley Lachlan (formerly Hale)
Copyright over this material rests with
the author, Dr Ranna-Lesley Lachlan (PhD , RPP, VCST, BFA,
Grad. D. Mat. Anth.). Images of the artworks may NOT be
saved, copied, printed, reproduced or used in any way in
any medium without the prior signed and dated written permission
of the author. Moral rights over the author'swork are also
asserted here. Contact the author for prior signed and dated
written permission to use any of the pages on this site
or about the shields. Email authorizations will not be issued.
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