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Author Baker, Richard Munro.

Title Land is life : from bush to town : the story of the Yanyuwa people / Richard Baker
Published St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia : Allen & Unwin, 1999

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 W'PONDS  994.2950049915 Bak/Lil  AVAILABLE
 MELB  994.2950049915 Bak/Lil  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Part 1. The study and its setting -- pt. 2. Phases of Yanyuwa contact history -- pt. 3. Themes and trends
Summary "This is the story of the Yanyuwa whose traditional country is the islands known as the Sir Edward Pellew Group and the adjacent coastal areas of the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is a story indeed many stories told to Richard Baker over thirteen years." "The Yanyuwa were visited by Macassan trepangers long before Europeans came to Australia. Hence, this remote community has had a longer history of contact with non-Aboriginal people than most other Aboriginal groups. In many ways the account presented here challenges conventional views of the impact of contact between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. It also demonstrates the importance of the past in shaping the present and reveals what is meant by land is life."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis Aboriginal culture
Aborigines
Borroloola Region (NT)
Northern Territory
Race relations
Social conditions
Yanyuwa (Australian people)
Notes Includes index and glossary
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index
Notes Also published as an electronic book (Etitle) by James Bennett Pty. Ltd., in 2003 with ISBN 1741150728
Donation. ANU COOP 20120212 Brissenden collection, ANU Library
Signed by author 1 copy. ANU
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Borroloola Region (N.T.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Borroloola Region
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Borroloola
Land tenure -- Australia -- Borroloola Region (N.T.)
Land tenure -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Land tenure -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Borroloola Region
Land tenure -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Borroloola
Yanyuwa (Australian people)
Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- History.
Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- Land tenure.
Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- Social conditions.
SUBJECT Borroloola (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010055510 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
Borroloola (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010055510 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Borroloola Region (N.T.) -- Race relations
Borroloola Region (N.T.) -- Social conditions
Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
LC no. 98226541
ISBN 1864488328