Australian Aboriginal Studies articles from March 1999

Australian Aboriginal Studies archives from March 1999

Erratum.(Correction Notice)(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... Victor McGrath, whose etching was on the back cover of the previous issue, is currently working on Thursday Island as a consultant on Torres Strait cultural heritage issues. His phone number is 0740 692 001. Jack Horner corrects a date in...

The 1998 Wentworth Lecture.
March 22, 1999... Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to dedicate the 1998 Wentworth Lecture to the late HC Coombs, and I will begin with my story. Yakum ngaya Raymattja. Likan yakum ngaya Marika. Waripum ngaya yaku likan djinawam' Gunutjpirr...

Rebuilding the Jawoyn Nation: regional agreements, spatial politics and Aboriginal self-determination in Katherine, Northern Territory.
March 22, 1999... Introduction Since the High Court's 1992 `Mabo' decision, and the passing of the Native Title Act 1993, many Indigenous groups in Australia have sought the means by which more holistic approaches to self-determination can be pursued....

`I reckon they should keep that hut': reflections on Aboriginal tracking in the Kimberley.
March 22, 1999... Introduction In this article we discuss responses to the threatened destruction of an Aboriginal police trackers hut in Halls Creek in the East Kimberley, Western Australia (Figure 1). These responses were recorded by us in late 1996 when...

Cumbungi, Typha species: a staple Aboriginal food in southern Australia.
March 22, 1999... Introduction In southeastern and southwestern Australia, Cumbungi or Bulrush, Typha species, is often mentioned as an Aboriginal food and fibre source. This paper seeks to evaluate its importance in the Aboriginal economy. On 24 April...

Wunggomalli Model[C]: a consultative model and database for cultural heritage management in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
March 22, 1999... Introduction The Giru Dala Council of Elders Aboriginal Corporation is a group of traditional owners who are becoming recognised across Australia as modern pioneers in the area of traditional and contemporary land and sea management. They...

Subsistence and settlement patterns in the Darwin coastal region during the late Holocene period: a preliminary report of archaeological research.
March 22, 1999... Introduction The Darwin coastal region is a relatively neglected area in terms of archaeological research. This project seeks to amend the neglect through archaeological investigation of open sites located in the region. These sites are...

ABORIGINAL ART.(Review)
March 22, 1999... ABORIGINAL ART H. Morphy Phaidon Press, London, 1998, pp 448, 281 ills, ISBN 0 7148 3752 0 With its new Art & Ideas series, Phaidon launches a full frontal attack on the long-established Thames and Hudson World of Art and the re-launched...

Body and Soul: An Aboriginal View.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Body and Soul: An Aboriginal View Anthony Rex Peile (Edited by Peter Bindon) Hesperian Press, Perth, and the Pallottines in Australia, Melbourne (joint publication), 1997, pp xxvi + 308, ISBN 0 85905 233 8 Father Anthony Rex Peile was first...

Aboriginal Sovereignty.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Aboriginal Sovereignty Henry Reynolds Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1996, pp 221, ISBN 1 86373 969 6 Reynolds' writing continues to be an important contribution to legal as well as historical research in Australia. In Aboriginal Sovereignty,...

REDATING OF LAKE MUNGO 3 SKELETON.
March 22, 1999... Alan Thorne announced in May the redating of human remains from a burial site at Lake Mungo. The paper is `Australia's Oldest Human Remains: Age of the Lake Mungo 3 Skeleton', appearing in Journal of Human Evolution (1999, vol 36, 591-612). At...

RESEARCH SECTION.(Review)
March 22, 1999... The Grog Book: Strengthening Indigenous Community Action on Alcohol written by Maggie Brady won an award as a single rifle in the Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing announced at the Australian Book Fair in Sydney on 3...

ABORIGINAL STUDIES PRESS.(Bibliography)
March 22, 1999... Hot off the press and launched in July at the AIATSIS Council meeting in Port Augusta is the latest in the AIATSIS report series: An Aboriginal Village in South Australia: A Snapshot of Davenport by Marika Moisseeff. This report is a detailed...

RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED BY COUNCIL, MAY 1999.
March 22, 1999... There were 139 applications received of which 40 were approved by Council. Funds available for grants totalled $700,000. Aboriginal Research and Effects of the Common Youth Allowance for Resource...