Article ID: CBB428689866

Lothar Becker’s Contributions to Anthropology (2019)

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Warning Readers of this article are warned that it may contain terms, descriptions and opinions that are culturally sensitive and/or offensive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Silesian traveller-naturalist Lothar Becker’s two visits to Victoria in 1849–52 and 1855–65 brought him into contact with Aboriginal people living in Western Victoria, Melbourne, the Murray River at Albury, and Gippsland. His travels took him to areas now recognised as the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai, Wathaurung, Wiradjuri and Wurundjeri peoples. Becker’s publications include scattered observations on Aboriginal appearance, lifeways, diet, skills, and beliefs. Although these observations were limited by his inability to speak any Aboriginal languages and coloured by his assumptions about the inferiority of Aboriginal culture, they nevertheless document small but significant fragments of what has recently been termed ‘Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge’.

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Authors & Contributors
Darragh, Thomas A.
Margo Neale
Eleanor Hogan
Wilner, Isaiah Lorado
Irving-Stonebraker, Sarah
Wood, Susan Marie
Concepts
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Anthropology
Ethnography
Travel; exploration
Traditional knowledge
Natural history
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century
17th century
Places
Australia
France
Great Britain
Torres Strait
Tasmania (Australia)
Guatemala
Institutions
Crystal Palace
University of California
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