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Between Indigenous Australia and Europe: John Mawurndjul

Claus Volkenandt, Christian Kaufmann

Increasingly, Australian Indigenous art is drawing the attention of international audiences, in part because of the amazing stories the artists tell of human creativity. John Mawurndjul is one of several Aboriginal artists whose work is collected and
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Murray River Country: An Ecological Dialogue with Traditional Owners

Jessica Weir

Murray River Country discusses the water crisis from a unique perspective – the intimate stories of love and loss from the viewpoints of Aboriginal peoples who know the inland rivers as their traditional country.  By engaging with the Murray-Darling
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Yuendumu Everyday: Contemporary life in remote Aboriginal Australia

Yasmine Musharbash

Yuendumu everyday explores intimacy, immediacy and mobility as the core principles underpinning contemporary everyday life in a central Australian Aboriginal settlement. It analyses an everyday shaped through the interplay between a not so distant
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The 2007 Amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth): Technical amendments or disturbing the balance of rights?

Angus Frith, Ally Foat

In 2005 the Attorney General announced an interconnected package of reforms to the native title system, focussing in particular on native title representative bodies, the claims resolution process in the National Native Title Tribunal and the Federal
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An appreciation of difference: WEH Stanner and Aboriginal Australia

Melinda Hinkson, Jeremy Beckett

Hinkson and Beckett have drawn together some of Australia’s leading academics working in Aboriginal studies to provide an historical and analytical context for WEH Stanner’s work, as well as demonstrating the continuing relevance of his writings in
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Even as the crow flies it is still a long way: Implementation of the Queensland South Native Title Services Ltd legal services strategic plan

Dr Valerie Cooms, Tony McAvoy SC

This paper sets out the attempts by Queensland South Native Title Services (QSNTS) to assist Traditional Owners to secure, at least, some recognition through the development and implementation of its Legal Services Strategic Plan (LSSP). It raises a
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Taxation of native title agreements

Dr Lisa Strelein

This paper examines the agreement-making environment that surrounds native title, whether triggered and governed by the operation of the NTA or more broadly arising in a native title context. This includes the legal framework for acts directly
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Holding Men: Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men

Brian McCoy

This is an easily readable book that explores how Indigenous men understand their lives, their health and their culture. Using conversations, stories and art, the author shows how Kimberley desert communities have a cultural value and relationship
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Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri calling

Doreen Kartinyeri, Sue Anderson

Doreen Kartinyeri was a female warrior, dedicated to upholding and protecting Ngarrindjeri law. In My Ngarrindjeri Calling Doreen Kartinyeri reveals a deep-set desire for social justice, fuelled by passionate love and anger. Her wit and humour abound
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Anna the Goanna and other poems

Jill McDougall, Jenny Taylor

Cheeky dogs, slippery snakes and crocodiles with big smiles join Anna in this collection of lively illustrated poems. With warmth and respect, we’re taken into the children’s lives as they camp under the stars, go hunting for tucker and play footy in
Last updated: 09 October 2020