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Carl Sofus Lumholtz
Carl Sofus Lumholtz (23 April 1851 – 5 May 1922) was a Norwegian explorer and ethnographer, best known for his meticulous field research and ethnographic publications on indigenous cultures of Australia and Mexico.
Born in Faaberg, Norway, Lumholtz graduated in theology in 1876 from the Royal Frederick University, now the University of Oslo.
Lumholtz travelled to Australia in 1880, where he spent ten months from 1882 to 1883 among the Indigenous inhabitants of the Herbert-Burdekin region in North Queensland. He wrote a book about his experience, Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp Life with the Aborigines of Queensland, first published in 1889. According to Brayshaw, Lumholtz's work is unique in that:
"Unlike transitory or casual observers as explorers and settlers were, Lumholtz did not confine his discussion to obvious matters such as personal appearance, canoes, huts and weapons. Many other facets of life including social relationships, attitudes, the role of women and details of day to day existence came under his scrutiny."
However, Brayshaw is also critical of his work, noting that:
He never learned to speak the language, collecting only 140 words in all the time he was there... Even Lumholtz, living with the Aborigines for ten months, learnt very little."
He gave a series of two lectures on Among Australian Natives for the Lowell Institute for their 1889–90 season.
He spent four years in Queensland; his expeditions included visits to the Valley of Lagoons and the Herbert River area. He made collections of mammals while living with the local peoples, these specimens were used for the descriptions of four new species. One of these was named for the type locality, Pseudochirulus herbertensis (Herbert River Ringtail Possum), and another commemorates his name, Dendrolagus lumholtzii (Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo).
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Carl Sofus Lumholtz
Carl Sofus Lumholtz (23 April 1851 – 5 May 1922) was a Norwegian explorer and ethnographer, best known for his meticulous field research and ethnographic publications on indigenous cultures of Australia and Mexico.
Born in Faaberg, Norway, Lumholtz graduated in theology in 1876 from the Royal Frederick University, now the University of Oslo.
Lumholtz travelled to Australia in 1880, where he spent ten months from 1882 to 1883 among the Indigenous inhabitants of the Herbert-Burdekin region in North Queensland. He wrote a book about his experience, Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp Life with the Aborigines of Queensland, first published in 1889. According to Brayshaw, Lumholtz's work is unique in that:
"Unlike transitory or casual observers as explorers and settlers were, Lumholtz did not confine his discussion to obvious matters such as personal appearance, canoes, huts and weapons. Many other facets of life including social relationships, attitudes, the role of women and details of day to day existence came under his scrutiny."
However, Brayshaw is also critical of his work, noting that:
He never learned to speak the language, collecting only 140 words in all the time he was there... Even Lumholtz, living with the Aborigines for ten months, learnt very little."
He gave a series of two lectures on Among Australian Natives for the Lowell Institute for their 1889–90 season.
He spent four years in Queensland; his expeditions included visits to the Valley of Lagoons and the Herbert River area. He made collections of mammals while living with the local peoples, these specimens were used for the descriptions of four new species. One of these was named for the type locality, Pseudochirulus herbertensis (Herbert River Ringtail Possum), and another commemorates his name, Dendrolagus lumholtzii (Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo).