Recently added articles from Australian Aboriginal Studies:
Editorial.(Editorial)
Sep 22, 2008; ... In this non-thematic issue of the journal there are major papers addressing a variety of topics: social anthropology and sociology, demography, the use of electronic media in recording and portrayal of Indigenous Australian knowledge and values, rock-markings and archaeology. ...
Mawul Rom Project: openness, obligation and reconciliation.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Aboriginal Australian initiatives to restore balanced relationships with White Australians have recently become part of reconciliation efforts. This paper provides a contextualised report on one such initiative, the Mawul Rom cross-cultural mediation project. Viewing Mawul Rom as ...
Living in two camps: the strategies Goldfields Aboriginal people use to manage in the customary economy and the mainstream economy at the same time.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The economic sustainability of Aboriginal households has been a matter of public concern across a range of contexts. This research, conducted in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, shows how economically successful Aboriginal persons manage 'dual economic engagement', or ...
Indigenous population data for evaluation and performance measurement: a cautionary note.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: I outline the status of population census counts for Indigenous peoples, identifying information on Indigenous births and deaths, and internal migration estimates. I comment on the 'experimental' Indigenous population projections and question the rationale for having two sets of ...
Reaching out to a younger generation using a 3D computer game for storytelling: Vincent Serico's legacy.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Sadly, Vincent Serico (1949-2008), artist, activist and humanist, recently passed away. Born in southern Queensland in Wakka Wakka/Kabi Kabi Country (Carnarvon Gorge region) in 1949, Vincent was a member of the Stolen Generations. He was separated from his family by White ...
A singular beeswax representation of Namarrkon, the Lightning Man, from western Arnhem Land.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Samples from a beeswax representation of Namarrkon, the Lightning Man, from western Arnhem Land were analysed for radiocarbon and dated to be about 150 years old. An underlying beeswax figure was found to be approximately 1100 years old. The Dreaming Being Namarrkon is well known ...
'Missing the point' or 'what to believe--the theory or the data': rationales for the production of Kimberley points.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: In a recent article, Rodney Harrison presented an interesting view on the role glass Kimberley points played in the lives of the Aborigines who made and used them. Harrison employed ethnographic and historical data to argue that glass Kimberley points were not part of the normal ...
The intensity of raw material utilisation as an indication of occupational history in surface stone artefact assemblages from the Strathbogie Ranges, central Victoria.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Stone artefact assemblages are a major source of information on past human-landscape relationships throughout much of Australia. These relationships are not well understood in the Strathbogie Ranges of central Victoria, where few detailed analyses of stone artefact assemblages ...
Cultural resilience and social wellbeing: a case for research on Groote Eylandt.(RESEARCH REPORT)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The Anindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt have encountered extraordinary social upheaval since the arrival on the island of missionaries and the development of a large manganese mine. The communities of Groote Eylandt currently experience high levels of social dysfunction and ...
Connecting with Budd Billy II.(RESEARCH REPORT)
Sep 22, 2008; ... This paper has its origins in the Australian Aboriginal photograph and artefact collections assembled during the early twentieth century by Bernard Leslie Hornshaw (1878-1937). Hornshaw is best known for his work on Aboriginal petroglyphs in New South Wales. He assiduously recorded in ...
White Christ Black Cross: The emergence of a black church.
Sep 22, 2008; ... White Christ Black Cross: The emergence of a black church Noel Loos 2007 Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, x+216pp, ISBN 9780855755539 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On 13 October 1985 Arthur Malcolm was welcomed back to his north Queensland home ...
Gunyah Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal architecture of Australia.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Gunyah Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal architecture of Australia Paul Memmott 2007 University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, xx+412pp, ISBN 9780702232459 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Before reading Gunyah, Goodie + Wurley: The Aboriginal ...
The Grand Experiment: Two boys, two cultures.
Sep 22, 2008; ... The Grand Experiment: Two boys, two cultures Anouk Ride 2007 Hachette Australia, Sydney, 221pp, ISBN 978 0 7344 0920 1 'The Grand Experiment' was the Spanish Benedictine monk Rosendo Salvado's decision to take two Aboriginal boys, eleven-year-old Joannes ...
Daisy Bates: Grand dame of the desert.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Daisy Bates: Grand dame of the desert Bob Reece 2007 National Library of Australia, Canberra, vi+204pp, ISBN 9780642276544 (pbk) In a paper published in Australian Aboriginal Studies, Bob Reece (2007:54) explains his purpose in writing about Daisy Bates: ...
Becoming Art: Exploring cross-cultural categories.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Becoming Art: Exploring cross-cultural categories Howard Morphy 2008 University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, xv+234pp, ISBN 978 192141 0123 Howard Morphy's 30-year expertise in the field of Yolngu art and his extensive writings on this topic are, once ...
Singing the Land: The power of performance in Aboriginal life.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Singing the Land: The power of performance in Aboriginal life Jill Stubington 2007 Currency House, Sydney, xv+ 313pp, ISBN: 9780980280227 (hbk), 9780980280234 (pbk) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nearly 30 years ago, two senior Yolngu lawmen, ...
Arelhe-kenhe Merrethene: Arrente traditional healing.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Arelhe-kenhe Merrethene: Arrente traditional healing Veronica Perrurle Dobson (compiler) 2007 IAD Press, Alice Springs, xix+89 pp, ISBN 9781864650334 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There is now a mountain of literature on Indigenous traditional healers ...
Beyond Humbug: Transforming government engagement with Indigenous Australia.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Beyond Humbug: Transforming government engagement with Indigenous Australia Michael C Dillon and Neil D Westbury 2007 Seaview Press, West Lakes, SA, vii+243pp, ISBN 9781740084802 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Both Dillon and Westbury bring 30 years of ...
Local Science vs Global Science: Approaches to Indigenous knowledge in international development (environmental anthropology and ethnobiology).
Sep 22, 2008; ... Local Science vs Global Science: Approaches to Indigenous knowledge in international development (environmental anthropology and ethnobiology) Paul Sillitoe (ed.) 2007 Berghahn Books, New York, ii+288 pp, ISBN 1845450140 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
The Hobbit Trap: Money, fame, science and the discovery of a "new species".
Sep 22, 2008; ... The Hobbit Trap: Money, fame, science and the discovery of a "new species" Maciej Henneberg and John Schofield 2008 Wakefield Press, Kent Town, xii+159pp, ISBN 9781862547919 The history of the peopling of Wallacea, the archipelago separating Greater ...