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Anthropology & Archaeology

past_present BECKETT, Jeremy (ed.)
Past and Present: The Construction of Aboriginality
RRP $29.95
This book examines Aboriginal identity in various forums - discourse, education, juvenile institutions, geographic locations, in terms of myths and in land rights actions...

 

world_1staust BERNDT, Ronald & Catherine BERNDT
The World of the First Australians: Aboriginal traditional life past and present
RRP $49.95
This is the ninth printing of this classic book by Ronald and Catherine Berndt. Topics covered include social organisation, economic life, relationship with land,...

 

social_anth BERNDT, Ronald & Robert TONKINSON (eds)
Social Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal Stories: A contemporary overview
RRP $29.95
A collection of independent assessments on a range of topics relating to the social anthropology of Aboriginal studies, including gender, kinship, economics, religion, law, social anthropology and research methods...

 

land_promises COOMBS, Herbert C., Helen McCANN, Helen ROSS & Nancy M. WILLIAMS
Land of Promises:Aboriginal and development in the East Kimberly
RRP $19.95
Land of Promises is the report of the East Kimberly Impact Assessment Project (EKIAP), conducted between 1985 and 1988, to assist Aboriginal people in dealing with economic and social changes...

 

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DAVID, Bruno, Bryce BARKER & Ian J. McNIVEN (eds)
Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies
RRP $39.95
Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies reveals the ancient past of Aboriginal Australians to be one of long-term changes in group dynamics, ritual practices, and active management and manipulation of the environment.

 

kamilaroi FISON, Lorimer & HOWITT, William
Kamilaroi and Kurnai
RRP $29.95
A 'landmark in Australian anthropology' when it first appeared in 1880, this is the first major analysis of Aboriginal social structure, adopting a model today termed 'social Darwinist'. While this theory...

 

abor_self-det FLETCHER, Christine (ed.)
Aboriginal Self-Determination in Australia
RRP $19.95
This volume represents the proceedings of a conference celebrating the International Year for the World's Indigenous Peoples, held in Townsville, Queensland, in 1993...

 

PofR2 GURRMANAMANA, Frank , Les HIATT and Kim McKENZIE with contributions from Betty NGURRABANGURRABA, Betty MEEHAN & Rhys JONES
People of the Rivermouth: The Joborr texts of Frank Gurrmanamana
RRP $135.00
This book is arguably the most comprehensive work ever produced on a single Australian Aboriginal group...

 

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HARRIS, Stephen
Two-way Aboriginal Schooling: Education and cultural survival
RRP $19.95
In this timely book, Stephen Harris explores the theoretical concept of bicultural schooling and its practical implications in the classroom. He points out the limitations of current models of bilingual education in dealing with...

 

record_in_stone HOLDAWAY, Simon & STERN, Nicola
A Record in Stone: The Study of Australia’s Flaked Stone Artefacts
RRP $49.95
Authors Simon Holdaway and Nicola Stern not only describe the range of flaked stone artefact forms recovered from Australian archaeological sites, but also place Australian studies alongside the major international theories...

 

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KEEFFE, Kevin
From the Centre to the City: Aboriginal education, culture and power
RRP $24.95
In this volume of essays, Kevin Keefe describes, analyses and criticises the meaning and place of Aboriginal culture in the Australian school curriculum.

 

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KEEN, Ian (ed.)
Being Black: Aboriginal Cultures in 'settled' Australia
RRP $29.95
This volume brings together results of research by anthropologists on the social life of people who used to be labelled 'part-Aborigines' or 'urban Aborigines'...

 

cons_rock_art LAMBERT, David
Conserving Australian Rock Art: A Manual for Site Managers
RRP $19.95
This manual covers such areas as deterioration processes, sources of damage, visitor management and practical conservation...

 

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MERLAN, Francesca, John MORTON & Alan RUMSEY (eds)
Scholar and Sceptic: Australia Aboriginal Studies in honour of L. R. Hiatt
RRP $39.95
Celebrates the life and work of one of Australia’s foremost anthropologists, L. R. Hiatt. A scholar of Aboriginal society, Les Hiatt is a sceptic regarding all forms of received wisdom, whether...

 

davenport.gif MOISSEEFF, Marika
An Aboriginal Village in South Australia: A Snapshot of Davenport
RRP $29.95
This book will be of interest not only to specialists in Aboriginal Affairs, but to all Australians wishing to acquire a concrete understanding of what is entailed in being an Aboriginal person today...

 

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NAKATA, Martin
Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines
RRP $45.00
Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines provides an alternative reading for those struggling at the contradictory and ambiguous intersections of academia and Indigenous experience. In doing so, it moves beyond the usual criticisms of the disciplines which construct the way we have come to know and understand Indigenous peoples.

 

country ROSE Deborah Bird with Sharon D'Amico, Nancy Daiyi, Kathy Deveraux, Margaret Daiyi, Linda Ford & April Bright
Country of the Heart: An Indigenous Australian Homeland
RRP $49.95
It is an adventure for the imagination and the soul and above all a revelation and welcomes us into the country, culture, lives and stories of the MakMak clan...

 

stars_tagai SHARP, Nonie
Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders
RRP $29.95
Covering the period from the mid-nineteenth century until today, this is the first book to examine the social issues involved in the Mabo case, and to give a picture of life of the Meriam people of the Murray Island...

 

pok-small TAYLOR Luke, Graeme WARD, Graham HENDERSON, Richard DAVIS & Lynley WALLIS (eds)
The Power of Knowledge, the Resonance of Tradition
RRP $34.95
A ground-breaking critique of the concept of ‘tradition’ as it has been applied in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context. The authors offer a refreshing new style of analysis...

 

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TONKINSON, Robert & Michael HOWARD (eds)
Going it Alone: Prospects for Aboriginal autonomy
RRP $29.95
This collection of essays in honour of leading anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt has as its central theme Aboriginal autonomy...

 

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