Monumental landscapes and the agency of the dead along the Murray River, Australia

Using a surviving record from AD 1856/7, we analyse the distribution of Aboriginal burial monuments along the Murray River, Australia recorded by Gerard Krefft and William Blandowski. Their detailed record enables us to recreate a necrogeography along the river. The regional perspective this provides demonstrates both broad traditions and clinal shifts that serve to identify zones of diversity and interaction. These zones of practice were...