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Fight for Liberty and Freedom: The origins of Australian Aboriginal activism

John Maynard

The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA) began life in 1924. Although less known today, current Aboriginal political movement are drawn from these roots. In this passionate exploration of the life of founder, Fred Maynard, John
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White Christ Black Cross: The emergence of a Black church

Noel Loos

Noel Loos frames the churches’ missionary outreach to Aboriginal people within the reality of frontier violence, government control, segregation and neglect. Aboriginal people on the missions responded to white Christianity as part of their enforced
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A Cautious Silence: The politics of Australian anthropology

Geoff Gray

This is the first exploration of modern Australian social anthropology which examines the forces that helped shaped its formation. Gray aims to help us understand the present organisational structures, and assist in the formulation of anthropology’s
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Indigenous Partnerships in protected area management in Australia: Three case studies

Toni Bauman, Dr Dermot Smyth

Part of the wider research project Success in Aboriginal Organisations, this report describes Indigenous partnerships in the management of three protected areas in Australia: Nitmiluk National Park, Booderee National Park and Dhimurru Indigenous
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Indigenous Partnerships in protected area management in Australia: Three case studies

Toni Bauman, Dr Dermot Smyth

Part of the wider research project Success in Aboriginal Organisations, this report describes Indigenous partnerships in the management of three protected areas in Australia: Nitmiluk National Park, Booderee National Park and Dhimurru Indigenous
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Life B'long Ali Drummond: A life in the Torres Strait

Samantha Faulkner, Ali Drummond

Family is one of the most important things in Sam Faulkner’s life. Ali Drummond is Sam Faulkner's grandfather, and this is his story. Ali Drummond has had an extraordinary life, by any standards. Orphaned when young, Ali took to a life at sea aged
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Maps to Success: successful strategies in Indigenous organisations

AIATSIS Research

Maps to Success is the product of a national study to chart initiatives in local Indigenous organisations that had helped to promote community wellbeing and overcome disadvantage. It is a handbook Indigenous organisations can use in developing their
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The 1967 Referendum: Race, power and the Australian Constitution

Bain Attwood

On 27 May 1967 a remarkable event occurred. An overwhelming majority of electors voted in a national referendum to amend clauses of the Australian Constitution concerning Aboriginal people. Today it is commonly regarded as a turning point in the
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Convincing Ground: Learning to fall in love with your country

Bruce Pascoe

Convincing ground is a wide-ranging, personal and powerful work which resonates with historical and contemporary Australian debates about identity, dispossession, memory and community.
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Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the disciplines

Prof Martin Nakata

Disciplining the savages: Savaging the disciplines provides alternative reading for those struggling with the contradictory and ambiguous intersections of academia and Indigenous experience. In doing so, it moves beyond the usual criticisms of the
Last updated: 09 October 2020