Australian Aboriginal Studies articles from March 1998

Australian Aboriginal Studies archives from March 1998

Negotiation desecration: sacred sites damage and due compensation in the Northern Territory.
March 22, 1998... Introduction Since the controversy surrounding mining at Coronation Hill in Kakadu National Park, the vexed issue of Hindmarsh Island in South Australia and, more recently, the Century Zinc mine in Queensland, the recognition of...

Demographic transition in a hunter-gatherer population: the Tiwi case, 1929-1996.
March 22, 1998... Populations that have been isolated for extended periods and that have a well-documented contact history are rare and those for which there is reasonable demographic information are even rarer. This paper examines the evidence for demographic...

Recognition, respect and reconciliation: steps towards decolonisation?
March 22, 1998... In the wake of the judicial and legislative reform since the early 1990s, Australia has confronted legacies of its colonial past. Conservative responses to the recasting of Australian history and Australian identity implicit in the recognition of...

University, community and government: developing a collaborative archaeological research project in western Victoria.
March 22, 1998... In this paper, we will summarise the development of a collaborative archaeological research project in western Victoria which brings together academic expertise, Aboriginal community interests and the concerns of cultural heritage managers. A...

Anthropologists and Aborigines 65 years ago.
March 22, 1998... In recent years some critical opinions have been passed on what have been thought to be views of anthropologists of an earlier generation about the position of Aborigines in Australian society. In particular, attention has been paid to people...

A Dutch influence on Nhanda? Wanyjidaga innga!
March 22, 1998... Nhanda is an Aboriginal language of Western Australia, once spoken along the coastal strip from possibly as far south as Hill River north through to Champion Bay and the mouth of the Murchison, up to country just south of Shark Bay. There has...

Frederick David McCarthy: 13 August 1905- 18 November 1997.(Obituary)
March 22, 1998... In late November 1997 many of us lost a dear friend with the passing of Fred McCarthy. The Institute (from 1964 Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, from 1989 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) lost its...