My contact with Australia's Aboriginal people began in 1969 when, following in the footsteps
of Fred Rose and Peter Worsley, I visited Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria to …

The idea that ethnographic description and analysis should be informed by history, and
indeed become aspects of contemporary historical consciousness, is now well established …

Ethnographic research concerning Aboriginal social life in the earlier settled areas of the
continent has formed a minor strand within the body of Australian anthropological research …

'Crisis?'What Crisis?'Australian Aboriginal Anthropology, 1988 JOHN MORTON* Past and
Present: the Construction of Aboriginality. Edited by Jeremy R. Beckett. Aboriginal Studies …

It is a common belief that Aboriginal people of predominantly mixed descent, living in
Australian cities, country towns and Aboriginal communities, have lost their culture. Often …

In this essay I wish to discuss Aboriginal Australia and the legacy I believe the indigenous
people of Australia have lived. The legacy is multifaceted and pervades Aboriginal …

The idea that ethnographic description and analysis should be informed by history, and
indeed become aspects of contemporary historical con-sciousness, is now well established …

From the late 18th century to the end of the 19th century, the word 'nation'underwent a
change in meaning from a term describing cultural entities comprised of people of common …

On the 5 March of this year the new Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies Act came into force restructuring the governing body and membership of …

The scholarly domain of Aboriginal culture has until recently been dominated by
anthropology, but this monopoly has now been challenged. Studies of culture are no longer …