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'There is something strange going on. O n the one hand, Aborigines traditionally were deemed to be 'without writing', a status that remains even if the terms shift currently from that of historical 'pre-literate' to contemporary 'illiterate'. O r so education and government policy, program, and publication suggest.1 Indeed, in this view, the Aborigine's resistance to literacy heralds a certain notoriety, celebrated in the burgeoning of 'oral' histories, 'oral' literatures, and successful entry into electronic media. Even if pejorative connotations are reversed in these 'oral' reckonings, the prognosis remains: Aborigines don't write.' (Publication abstract)
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