Introduction. History and native title: a brief overview / Shawn Hollbach and Christine Choo -- Some key developments in native title case law since Mabo (No. 2) / National Native Title Tribunal. Indigenous Voices. The natives are restless: a personal reflection on ten years of native title / Tony Lee -- 'Our struggle as Kimberley Aboriginal peoples, is for the recognition of inherent and fundamental rights, interests and responsibilities in land' / Wayne Bergmann -- 'Our primary aim is to have land access ourselves, to occupy our lands, to visit our lands' / Brian Wyatt -- 'The transmission of stories, history and cultural knowledge within the Noongar community is alive and well' / Darryl Pearce -- 'We Aboriginal people are the first custodians of this country and have to be recognised fairly uniquely and have a say' / Fred Taylor. Historiography, Sources and Processes. History wars: Debates about history in the native title process / Fiona Skyring -- 'Snapshots of adventitous content': The assessment of oral and historical evidence in native title claims / Harriet Ketley and Claire Ozich -- Paradigms and Syllogism: Some applications of oral history methodology to native title / Bruce Shaw -- Ghost Files: The missing files of the Department of Indigenous Affiars Archives / Lauren Marsh and Steve Kinnane -- Deafening Silences: Understanding frontier relations and the discourse of police files through the Kimberley police records / Christine Choo and Chris Owen -- The historical process of dispossession of indigenous lands in Western Australia and British Columbia / Peggy Brock -- James Stirling and Pinjarra: A battle in more ways than one / Pamela Statham -- Trashing heritage: Dilemmas of rights and power in the operation of Western Australia's heritage legislation / David Ritter -- Some useful websites relating to research on native title / compiled by Kate Morton. Reviews. Curatorial statement -- Exhibition review -- Play review -- Book reviews
Summary
""History and Native Title" represents a collaboration between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people working in the milieu of native title law, history and politics in Western Australia. It gathers together a range of significant scholarship that is uniquely Western Australian yet relevant to the historiography of native title and dispossession throughout Australia. It explores theoretical and methodological considerations in relation to the practice of native title history and explores important issues about the nature and background of the archival records and other documentary sources which form the mainstay of historical research used in the native title claim process." - p. 3
