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1 Gawenda's Journey : A Deeply Personal Story about Jewish Identity David Trigger , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 460 2023; (p. 19-20)
— Review of My Life as a Jew Michael Gawenda , 2023 single work autobiography 'Michael Gawenda has written a deeply personal story about his Jewish identity. It comes during a period when conflict in Israel/Palestine has been painful for all. While he remains committed to a two-state future that supports the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians to live in their own countries, the author critiques influential sections of the political left where acceptance has come to require demonising the Jewish state. A key message of the book is that too often on the left the only good Jew is one who publicly rejects Israel’s right to exist and remains silent when it is declared racist and nothing more than a coloniser of an indigenous population.' (Introduction)          
1 ‘The White-man Calls Me Jack’ : The Many Names and Claims for Jackey Jackey of the Lower Logan River, South-east Queensland, Australia Michael Aird , Joanna Sassoon , David Trigger , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aboriginal History Journal , April no. 45 2022; 'Genealogies that demonstrate a continuous historical lineage play a critical role for native title evidence as well as contemporary negotiations concerning Indigenous identity. The complexities of this genealogical research are compounded in regions with lengthy histories of disruption from traditional lands and contestation concerning the forebears of Indigenous individuals, families and wider groups. This article presents a case study that introduces a forensic methodology to demonstrate challenges facing researchers and family members investigating Indigenous histories. It explores a history of the renaming of an Aboriginal man photographed wearing a breastplate inscribed with a name, Jackey Jackey. In this review of the extant historical data, we outline our genealogy of names that have been attached to Jackey Jackey. We suggest that two men named Jackey from different parts of the Logan Valley region, south-east Queensland, have been conflated into a single person’s identity and then renamed firstly as Bilinba and then as Bilin Bilin. We explore what these symbolic acts of renaming mean for the first wave of Indigenous descendants researching their family history, pose questions about the significance of this renaming, and identify the consequential issues for those now seeking legal recognition of traditional rights in land.' 

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1 Matters of Identity : An Engaging Biography of Mark Leibler David Trigger , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 426 2020; (p. 47-48)
— Review of The Powerbroker : Mark Leibler, an Australian Jewish Life Michael Gawenda , 2020 single work biography

'Michael Gawenda’s engaging biography of Melbourne lawyer Mark Leibler traverses matters of Australia’s migration history, Jewish identity, and political influence. What has it meant to live a Jewish life in an Australian city? What have been the intergenerational impacts of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and the establishment of the State of Israel? How, if at all, might the balance depicted between commitment to minority cultural distinctiveness and broad societal participation exhibit a way forward for multicultural futures?' (Introduction)
1 'Voice, Treaty, and Truth' : A Deeply Felt Account of the Uluru Statement David Trigger , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January / February no. 418 2020; (p. 12-14)
— Review of Finding the Heart of the Nation : The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth Thomas Mayor , 2019 single work non-fiction 'The ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’ emerged in May 2017 from a convention held in Arrernte country in Central Australia attended by 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from around the nation. The Statement called for a ‘First Nations Voice’ to be enshrined in the Constitution enabling, in general terms, a process of influence on future legislation and policy affecting Indigenous communities. The Statement also seeks a commitment to agreement-making between government and Indigenous groups and ‘truth-telling’ about the history of colonisation.' (Introduction) 
1 Change and Succession in Australian Aboriginal Claims to Land David Trigger , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Strings of Connectedness : Essays in Honour of Ian Keen 2015; (p. 52-73)
1 y separately published work icon The Caroline Tennant-Kelly Ethnographic Collection : Fieldwork Accounts of Aboriginal Culture in the 1930s Carrie Tennant , Charmaine Jones , Michael Williams , Kim De Rijke , Tony Jefferies , David Trigger , St Lucia : The University of Queensland , 2011 7154995 2011 selected work

'A team of anthropologists at UQ - Prof. David Trigger, Kim de Rijke, Tony Jefferies and Charmaine Jones - and former Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies Michael Williams recently produced a DVD which contains the digitised ethnographic records of Caroline Tennant-Kelly. These records from the 1930s were recently recovered Kim de Rijke and Tony Jefferies, and they have now been digitised and indexed for the benefit of native title researchers and Aboriginal communities. ' (Source: The University of Queensland website)
1 Whitefellas Hanging from the Learning Cliff David Trigger , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 4 no. 5 2009; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
1 'Refugees from Wild Time' David Trigger , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 9-10)
— Review of The Tall Man Chloe Hooper , 2006 single work essay
1 [Review] The Pearl-shellers of Torres Strait : Resource Use, Development and Decline, 1860s-1960s David Trigger , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , September vol. 2 no. 2 1995; (p. 84)
— Review of The Pearl-shellers of Torres Strait : Resource Use, Development and Decline, 1860s-1960s Regina Ganter , 1994 single work non-fiction 'This is a detailed and thorough study of a fascinating aspect of Australian history, based on a meticulous examination of written records and oral testimonies obtained through interviews in both Australia and Japan. The author depicts the relatively small-scale industry in the Torres Strait that was focused primarily on obtaining pearl shell for overseas markets where it was used to produce buttons. The theme that emerges most strongly throughout the book is the nature of the weaknesses that are evident in the industry's history. These include its reliance on cheap labour from an indigenous population whose aspirations were rarely accommodated, refusal to address seriously the issue of sustaining the resource over time and lack of success in developing a viable marketing strategy.' (Introduction)
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