Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Map of Australia with locations relevant to the text viii
4. A Note on Terminology xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. introduction 1
7. chapter 1. Living with Ghosts 11
8. chapter 2. Blood, Bones, and the Ghosts of the Ancestors 33
9. chapter 3. A Century in the Life of an Aboriginal Hair Sample 67
10. chapter 4. Race and Nation: Aboriginal Whiteness and Settler Belonging 91
11. chapter 5. Indigenous Physiology: Metabolism, Cold Tolerance, and the Possibility of Human Hibernation 119
12. chapter 6. Spencer’s Double: The Decolonial Afterlife of a Postcolonial Museum Prop 143
13. Conclusion 167
14. Appendix 1. Dramatis Personae 173
15. Appendix 2. Timeline of Relevant Events 175
16. Notes 181
17. References 199
18. Index 235