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Chris Owen Chris Owen i(A137396 works by)
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Chris Owen is a research manager and historian working with the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council in Western Australia.

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y separately published work icon It's Still in My Heart, This Is My Country : The Single Noongar Claim History 'It's Still In My Heart, This Is My Country' : The Single Noongar Claim History Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2009 Z1744551 2009 single work non-fiction (taught in 1 units)

'Since white settlement, the history of the traditional owners of the south-west remains largely untold. Existing histories tend to represent the Noongar people as passive victims of colonisers and governments; it is all too easy to assume that theirs is little more than one of attempted assimilation, separation and state intrusion. Noongars are rarely represented as active survivors - as people who retained their traditional ways and country in the face of policies aimed at eliminating all aspects of their heritage.

Originally titled 'Applicants Historical Report' and prepared as expert evidence in the native title case known as the Single Noongar Claim, this book analyses the historiography and associated anthropology of the south-west. Coupled with Noongar oral history, it examines the survival of Noongar tradition, law and custom, proving that many of the most common misconceptions regarding the disappearance of Noongar culture have no basis in fact.' [Source: Publisher's blurb]

2010 winner Human Rights Awards Literature Non-Fiction Award
2010 winner Margaret Medcalf Award
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