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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History
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"This book provides an overview of Australian Aboriginal history from creation stories involving the Dreaming through to Aboriginal cultural and political activity in the 21st century. Its alphabetically arranged entries include biographies, historical events, pioneering work by anthropologists, historical controversies, literature and sport, and a number of social issues. Prentis has paid a particular attention to covering all regions of Australia and the Torres Strait Islands, and all periods of recorded history. As well, the book includes photographs, maps, population tables, a dateline and a bibliography." - from dust jacket

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Book Notes Anne-Maree Whitaker , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , June vol. 97 no. 1 2011; (p. 111)

— Review of A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History Malcolm Prentis , 2008 reference
Book Notes Anne-Maree Whitaker , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , June vol. 97 no. 1 2011; (p. 111)

— Review of A Concise Companion to Aboriginal History Malcolm Prentis , 2008 reference
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