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Joan Martin (Yaarna): A Widi Woman

Bruce Shaw

Joan Martin was born in the country town of Morawa, Western Australia, in 1941. She was a proud Widi woman whose traditional territory extended from Geraldton eastwards into the salt-lake area. Her stories reveal interconnected themes: visiting

Unsettling anthropology: The demands of native title on worn concepts and changing lives

Modelling the connection of native title claimants to their land in ways that fit the adversarial process of native title is a challenge for anthropologists. This book deals in particular with 'settled' Australia, where native title - as a form of

Deborah Bird Rose, Nancy Daiyi, Kathy Deveraux, Margaret Daiyi, Payi-Linda Ford, April Bright, Sharon D'Amico

Country of the Heart: An Australian Indigenous homeland (Second edition)

Country of the heart provides an introduction to the connections between Aboriginal people and the land that has sustained and nurtured them for generations. Through the wonderful photographic images and the stories of the MakMak clan women (white

I'm the one that know this country! (Second edition)

Jessie Lennon

In I’m the One… Jessie Lennon’s stories are juxtaposed with historical photographs and information of the times, places and people in her life. In a life full of journeys and homecomings, a vivid picture emerges of family life and the importance of

One Law for All? Aboriginal people and criminal law in early South Australia

Alan Pope

In the planned colony of South Australia, Aboriginal people were to be British subjects, accountable to English law, but fully entitled to its protection. However, the dreams of London’s reformers rapidly soured as British law struggled to protect

Melinda Hinkson, Alana Harris

Aboriginal Sydney: A guide to important places of the past and present (Second edition)

Aboriginal Sydney is both a guide book and an alternative social history, told through precincts of significance to the city’s Indigenous people.

Harry Allen, Mark Dugay-Grist, Luise Hercus, Thomas Darragh

Australia: William Blandowski’s illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia

William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. Australia is the first publication in English of his nineteenth century

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Dilemmas in applied native title anthropology in Australia

A critical but constructive analysis of some of the methodological and evaluative dilemmas facing native title anthropologists.

Dialogue about Land Justice: Papers from the national native title conference

Dr Lisa Strelein

Dialogue about land justice encapsulates the key issues that have been at the forefront of discussions about native title for a decade. It comprises a selection of papers presented to the national Native Title Conference, among them, Australia’s