Australian Aboriginal Studies articles from March 1997

Australian Aboriginal Studies archives from March 1997

The 1967 Referendum: thirty years on. (rights of Australian Aborigines)
March 22, 1997... As an eleven-year-old cherub, I remember the 1967 Referendum well and the lead-up to it. If I had to make another toffee or lamington for the numerous fundraising drives, I was sure I'd puke. Similarly, the standing on street corners handing out...

I, the 'hybrid' Aborigine: film and representation.
March 22, 1997... Protocol My writing is often a personal account of my own journey in dealing with particular issues. I do acknowledge the demand by some contemporary theorists for a transparent and reflexive strategy in cultural production. Such...

Language in court: the acceptance of linguistic evidence about Indigenous Australians in the criminal justice system.
March 22, 1997... Introduction The continuing high over-representation of indigenous people in the criminal justice system is a matter of concern for a number of linguists, and earlier work (for example, Eades 1994a) has discussed the relevance generally...

Why Indigenous sea rights are not recognised in Australia ...: 'the facts' of Mabo and their cultural roots. (case of Mabo and Others vs. the State of Queensland and the Commonwealth of Australia)
March 22, 1997... Introduction In recognising the exclusive right of the Meriam people to the three islands of Mer, Dauar and Waier, according to the law and custom of the Meriam --- or native title -- the High Court limited its decision to land above the...

Music and meaning: the Aboriginal rock album.
March 22, 1997... Over the past two decades, rock music has become a conspicuous means through which Aborigines confront and raise awareness about issues affecting Indigenous Australians and seek to educate other Australians about Aboriginal cultures. Aboriginal...

An 'unfashionable concern with the past': the historical anthropology of Diane Barwick. (research on Australian Aborigines)
March 22, 1997... As an anthropologist, Diane Barwick reminded us that people of less than full Aboriginal descent are Aborigines too. As an historian, she rescued from anonymity the people who paid the highest price for the establishment of a new European society...

Rita Cynthia Huggins: 1921-1996. (Australian Aborigine activist)(Obituary)
March 22, 1997... Rita Cynthia Huggins was born in Carnarvon Gorge/Springsure, Queensland, on 10 August 1921. She died on 27 August 1996, in Brisbane. The fact that over a thousand people, both black and white, attended her funeral last August, in Brisbane, is...