Australian Aboriginal Studies articles from September 2001

Australian Aboriginal Studies archives from September 2001

Editorial.
September 22, 2001... The majority of the articles in this issue of the journal are given over to the exploration of the politics, ethics and usefulness of anthropology to Indigenous affairs policy. As the authors of these articles make obvious, these topics cannot...

Anthropology and public policy: an introductory comment.
September 22, 2001... Most close observers of anthropology in Australia would agree that the profession has undergone a substantial period of introspection and re-evaluation, particularly during the last decade. Nowhere is this more apparent than for those...

`Never ask a question unless you know the answer': anthropology and the formation of public policy.(Abstract)
September 22, 2001... Abstract: This article presents a brief overview of the processes that characterise policy formation, particularly within both political and bureaucratic contexts. Historically, anthropologists are shown to have been influential in relation to...

Can quality independent research in Indigenous affairs be influential? Personal reflections on the Reeves Land Rights Inquiry and its aftermath.(Abstract)
September 22, 2001... Abstract: This article raises, but far from definitively answers, a fundamental question that academic anthropologists often ask: how can they ensure that their research has beneficial policy influence? This general issue is examined with...

Anthropology's contribution to public policy formulation: the imagined other?(Abstract)
September 22, 2001... Abstract: This article looks at both the historical and contemporary contexts in which applied anthropological research in Australia might contribute to policy formulation. While it has been axiomatic that an established relationship between...

Abrogating responsibility? Applied anthropology, Vesteys, Aboriginal labour, 1944-1946.(Australian Investment Agency research into cattle stations and Aboriginal labour)
September 22, 2001... Abstract: Towards the end of the Pacific War, two young anthropologists began work on a survey of Vesteys northern cattle stations. Ronald Murray Berndt and Catherine Helen Berndt were employed, between August 1944 and April 1946, by the...

Homeswest versus Aborigines: housing discrimination in Western Australia.(Abstract)(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2001... Abstract: Housing for Aboriginal families became a controversial issue in Western Australia during the 1990s as a result of an increasing number of evictions of those living in state housing properties. This article examines the social, legal...

Conceptualising Aboriginality: reading AO Neville's Australia's Coloured Minority.(historical research)(Excerpt)
September 22, 2001... Abstract: In 1947 AO Neville published Australia's Coloured Minority: Its Place in the Community. Western Australia's chief Aboriginal bureaucrat from 1915 to 1949, he was a dominant figure in Aboriginal affairs in the interwar years, and...

The Aboriginal Moreton Bay fishery: two things I still know--a response to Ross and Coghill. (Correspondence).(Critical Essay)
September 22, 2001... In a recent report, Ross and Coghill (2000) describe an important collaboration between an archaeologist and the Quandamooka Aboriginal community of southeast Queensland. This approach holds promise and is something all of us involved in the...

The Aboriginal Moreton Bay fishery: using archaeological evidence to reply to Walters. (Correspondence).(Critical Essay)
September 22, 2001... Walters criticises two aspects of the research outlined by Ross and Coghill (2000). As Walters' comment deals with archaeological matters, Coghill has chosen not to participate in this reply. Walters' criticisms are that our critique of his...

The Captive White Woman of Gipps Land: In Pursuit of the Legend. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 2001... The Captive White Woman of Gipps Land: In Pursuit of the Legend Julie Carr Melbourne University Press, 2001, xxvii + 309 pp, ISBN 0 52284 930 X During the 1840s persistent rumours circulated about a white woman captured by natives in the...

Gwion Gwion. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 2001... Gwion Gwion Ngarjno, Ungudman, Banggal and Nyawarra with J. Doring (ed.) Konemann, Bonn, 2000, 335 pp, ISBN 3 82904 060 1 This is a remarkable book. Perhaps for the first time, a major body of rock art is documented in the words of the...

Taking a Stand: Land Rights to Reconciliation. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 2001... Taking a Stand: Land Rights to Reconciliation Robert Tickner Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001, xxv +350 pp, ISBN 1 86508 051 9 Taking a Stand is undoubtedly a detailed, comprehensive insider's account of the politics and political...

Working with Indigenous Australians: A Handbook for Psychologists. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 2001... Working with Indigenous Australians: A Handbook for Psychologists Pat Dudgeon, Darren Garvey and Harry Pickett (eds) Gunada Press, Curtin Indigenous Research Centre, Perth, 2000, x + 526 pp, ISBN 1 86342 903 4 Indigenous mental health...

Rethinking Indigenous Education: Culturalism, Colonialism and the Politics of Knowing. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 2001... Rethinking Indigenous Education: Culturalism, Colonialism and the Politics of Knowing C. McConaghy Post Pressed, Flaxton, Queensland, 2000, xvi + 312 pp, ISBN 1 87668 202 7 This is a difficult but important book. Readers will find...

Native Title and the Transformation of Archaeology in the Post Colonial World. (Book Notes).
September 22, 2001... Native Title and the Transformation of Archaeology in the Post Colonial World Ian Lilley (ed.) Oceania Monograph no. 50, University of Sydney, 2000, v + 180 pp, ISBN 1 86487 281 0 Archaeology is a discipline in native title research that is...

Indigenous Families and the Welfare System: Two Community Case Studies. (Book Notes).
September 22, 2001... Indigenous Families and the Welfare System: Two Community Case Studies D.E. Smith (ed.) CAEPR Research Monograph no. 17, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University, Canberra, 2000, xv + 162 pp, ISSN 1036...

Ngukurr at the Millennium: A Baseline Profile for Social Impact Planning in South-East Arnhem Land. (Book Notes).
September 22, 2001... Ngukurr at the Millennium: A Baseline Profile for Social Impact Planning in South-East Arnhem Land J Taylor, J. Bern and K.A. Senior CAEPR Research Monograph no. 18, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National...

Aboriginal Nutrition and the Nyirranggulung Health Strategy in Jawoyn Country. (Book Notes).
September 22, 2001... Aboriginal Nutrition and the Nyirranggulung Health Strategy in Jawoyn Country J. Taylor, N. Westbury CAEPR Research Monograph no. 19, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University, Canberra, 2000, pp xii + 86,...

Books received for review.
September 22, 2001... Abramson, J.A. 2000 Art in Nonliterate Societies--Structural Approaches and Implications for Sociocultural and System Theories, New Issues Press, Western Michigan University, USA, xxvii + 420 pp, ISBN 0932826334. Baker, R., Davies, J. and...

Research awards involving AIATSIS. (News And Information).(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... There have been two successful grants awarded recently by the Australian Research Council (ARC) which will involve AIATSIS in further research concerning Indigenous peoples and treaty making. These grant applications were made following an...

Research grants awarded by council, May 2001. (News And Information).
September 22, 2001... RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED BY COUNCIL, MAY 2001 Phillip Rankine & J Melville $12,052 The re-emergence of a Wagaya community David Brooks $29,056...

BL Hornshaw (1878-1937): finder, recorder and collector of Aboriginal art and artefacts. (Collections Reports).
September 22, 2001... Noted for his knowledge of Aboriginal rock carvings (petroglyphs), Bernard Hornshaw devoted the leisure of a lifetime to the study of, research into, and the recording of Aboriginal rock art. He made many notable discoveries, including some of...

Recent acquisitions by AIATSIS Artwork and Artefact Collection. (Collections Reports).(Australia)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... The Institute has a number of artefacts and works of art from around Australia that are used to illustrate the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Consisting of a large variety of material culture, bark...

Aboriginal Suicide is Different: A Portrait of Life and Self-Destruction. (News From Aboriginal Studies Press).
September 22, 2001... Aboriginal Suicide is Different: A Portrait of Life and Self-Destruction Colin Tatz ISBN 0 85575 371 4 RRP $33.00 Adopting an historical and anthropological approach to suicide in New South Wales, the ACT and New Zealand, this book...

Rak Badjalarr: Wangga Songs for North Peron Island by Bobby Lane. (News From Aboriginal Studies Press).
September 22, 2001... Rak Badjalarr: Wangga Songs for North Peron Island by Bobby Lane Belyuen Community ISBN 0 85575 364 1 RRP $27.50 This CD, compiled by Allan Marett and Linda Barwick, presents the wangga songs of Bobby Lane (1941-93), Wadjiginy songman from...

A Gumbaynggir Language Dictionary. (News From Aboriginal Studies Press).
September 22, 2001... A Gumbaynggir Language Dictionary Produced by the Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative ISBN 0 85575 383 8 RRP $22.50 This dictionary is part of a language revival that was begun by Southern Gumbaynggir community members....

Graeme Lloyd Pretty: 1940-2000. (Obituaries).(Obituary)
September 22, 2001... Born in Melbourne on 25 June 1940, Graeme Pretty was one of the principal figures associated with the development of professional archaeology in the state of South Australia. Throughout his career, he worked closely with various Aboriginal...

Kenneth Locke Hale: linguist, language rights activist, specialist on indigenous languages especially Native American and Australian 1934-2001. (Obituaries).(Obituary)
September 22, 2001... Ken Hale was a linguist's linguist: he was a polyglot who combined an extraordinary language learning ability with exceptional clarity and insight in linguistic analysis, humanity and respectfulness. Over 40 years ago Hale documented around 70...

Condolences. (Obituaries).(Stephen Wurms, Rhys Jones, AIATSIS)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... It is with great sadness that we advise of the deaths of two other Institute Members: Professor Rhys Jones in September 2001, and Professor Stephen Wurm in October 2001. Rhys Jones made a major contribution to both archaeology and the work...