Collection: Reference

"Doukakis draws upon 60 years of NSW parliamentary debates, to investigate early attitudes towards Aborigines, and towards the policies and legislation that affected them."-Back Cover.

General environmental features of region; use of ethnohistory in archaeology; ceremonial sites including stone arrangements and bora rings; Aboriginal art including rock paintings, engravings and tree carvings; burial practices and sites; stone working, quarries, polished stone tools and abraidin...

A guide book and social history told through 50 places of significance to Sydney's indigenous people. The sites, and their accompanying stories and photographs, evoke Sydney's ancient past and celebrate the living Aboriginal culture of the present.

Each chapter profile describes the creative philosophies and inspirations behind the artist's work. Theirs is a living, spiritual culture. Their art is an expression of their 'aboriginality' [Jacket]

Text and photographs describe the customs, legends, activities, and changing lifestyles of the Kuku-Yalanji Aborigines of the Australian rainforest.