User:Bruceanthro

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Introduction

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Bruceanthro & Daughter

I am an Australian born Anthropologist specialising in the anthropology of Aboriginal Australia, particularly for the noth-eastern parts of Australia.

Reason for Signing Up

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I started my explorarion of Wikibooks by looking up the Australian history text/book currently being edited/written, and, noting the conspicious absence of Aboriginal Australian pre-history, I took it upon myself to start making some contribution to this aspect of Australian history with which I have some familiarity.

Future 'Book' Ambitions

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I am also new to Wikipedia, and on my userpage for that project:

i. I announced a particular interest in the natural/cultural history of landscapes, including, particularly, north-east Australia's wet tropical forests (inscribed by the World Heritage Committee on the World Heritage list under the World Heritage Convention, back in 1988)

ii. I also announced a grand hope or intention to start making avaialble to readership .. a natural and cultural history of the World Heritage listed wet tropical forests - from Gondwana land through to the present and onwards into a predicted globally warm future 50 years hence.

It occurred to me, in contemplating the above hope/ambition that the intended/hoped for entry would, to be comprehensive and complete, grow too large for a standard 'encyclopedia' entry. Now that I have found/discovered Wikibooks, it is my hope that perhaps it might be possible to contemplate, start, and work on a possible 'Wikibook' on this World Heritage area's natural and cultural history?!!

Advice, Help, Support, and Assistance Greatly Welcomed

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Being so new, and definitely unfamiliar with Wikibook protocols, practices etc, any advice, assistance, support, feedback etc at all will be most welcome .. even as I start, first, on making some early/preliminary contribution to the Australian History wikibook/text!!

Bruceanthro 05:14, 18 October 2007 (UTC)