MASKED HISTORIES Richard P. Mattick we spend our days trying

we spend our days trying to move others

It also includes contributions from Bruce Perry

new developments in community approaches

amid government bungling and Aboriginal resistance

MASKED HISTORIES Richard P. Mattick we spend our days tryingA celebration of the extraordinary turtle shell masks of the Torres Strait. Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by Europeans throughout the nineteenth century. Displayed as curiosities or art in museums and galleries around the world, the Islander knowledges they held were silenced. Delving into old stories from both Islanders and the foreigners who had travelled to the region,