Aboriginal Australia : an introductory reader in aboriginal studies / edited by Colin Bourke, Eleanor Bourke and Bill Edwards.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
St. Lucia, Qld., Australia : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 1994.
Description
236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

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    Summary note
    Positive perspectives of Indigenous people on a range of issues which affect their everyday lives; aims to present a realistic view of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to encourage readers to examine their own knowledge and ideas, to reveal the cultural and linguistic diversity of Indigenous Australians and to demonstrate the contribution Indigenous people have made in various areas of Australian life; each chapter annotated separately.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    1.Images and realities / Eleanor Bourke. 2. Changing history: new images of aboriginal history/ Steve Hemming. 3. Australia's first peoples: identity and population / Eleanor Bourke. 4. Two laws: one land / Colin Bourke and Helen Cox. 5. Living the dreaming / Bill Edwards. 6. Family and kin / Colin Bourke and Bill Edwards. 7. Australian languages: our heritage / Rob Amery and Colin Bourke. 8. Living wisdom: aborigines and the environment / Olga Gostin and Alwin Chong. 9. Education: the search for relevance/ Howard Groome. 10. Health: a holistic approach / Jenny Burden. 11. Economics : independence or welfare / Colin Bourke. 12. Art: interpeting reality : Franchesca Alberts and Christopher Anderson. 13. Self-determination and the struggle for Aboriginal equality / David Roberts.
    ISBN
    • 070222684X ((pbk.))
    • 9780702226847 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    94146337
    OCLC
    31061709
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