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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights : Past, Present and Future
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'Our Land is Our Life is a rare opportunity to sit down with Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Marcia Langton, Michael Dodson and Patrick Dodson, Noel Pearson, Lois O'Donoghue, Michael Mansell, Peter Yu, and many more whose names appear in the daily media. In this collection the most influential indigenous leaders of our time provide analyses and reveal their passions for their people and land, and for the Australia we all want to call home. Our Land is Our Life is inspired by the twentieth anniversary of the Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act, and coincides with the final year for lodgement of claims. As the ground is shifting beneath indigenous Australia, in a political sense, there is an even greater need to stand firm on the central issue of land rights. To forsake our land is to deny not just ourselves but also the future of Australia, socially, environmentally and culturally. This collection features valuable archival material, including photographs and cartoons, as well as landmark documents.

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of all those who have given their lives to the struggle for justice for Australia's first people. It is also dedicated to the many Aboriginal people who have passed away before seeing their rightful lands returned to them.

  • Includes 8 appendixes.

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
From Bark Petition to Native Title, Yunupingu , single work essay (p. 1-17)
Taking Stock of Land Rights, Tracker Tilmouth , single work essay (p. 18-27)
Something to Celebrate, Lowitja O'Donoghue , single work essay (p. 28-32)
Talking History : Mick Ringiari, Mick Rangiari , single work oral history (p. 33-38)
Land Rights and Social Justice, Michael Dodson , single work essay (p. 39-51)
Land Rights at Work : Aboriginal People and Regional Economies, John Ah Kit , single work essay (p. 52-62)
Rights of the First Dispossessed : The New South Wales Situation, Aden Derek Ridgeway , single work essay (p. 63-79)
We All Belong to the Songs, Wenten Rubuntja , single work non-fiction (p. 67)
Women and Land Rights : Past Present and Future, Mary Magulagi Yarmirr , single work essay (p. 80-83)
Grandmothers' Law, Company Business and Succession in Changing Aboriginal Land Tenure Systems, Marcia Langton , single work essay (p. 84-116)
Talking History : Jessie Roberts, single work oral history (p. 117-124)
Future Directions : It's About Rights, David Ross , single work essay (p. 125-136)
Reconciliation in Crisis, Pat Dodson , single work essay (p. 137-149)
The Concept of Native Title at Common Law, Noel Pearson , single work essay (p. 150-162)
Talking History : Wenten Rubuntja, Wenten Rubuntja , single work oral history (p. 163-167)
Multilateral Agreements : A New Accountability in Aboriginal Affairs, Peter Yu , single work essay (p. 168-180)
My Island Home : A Marine Protection Strategy for Manbuynga ga Rulyapa, Keith Djinyini , Terry Yumbulul , single work essay (p. 181-187)
Talking History : Barbara Cummings, Barbara Cummings , single work oral history (p. 188-194)
Barricading Our Last Frontier : Aboriginal Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights, Michael Mansell , single work essay (p. 195-209)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Leaders Have Say on Major Issues 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 26 February no. 145 1997; (p. 25)

— Review of Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights : Past, Present and Future 1997 anthology essay
This book was inspired by the 20th anniversary of the Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act.
[Review] Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights — Past Present and Future John Holmes , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 4 no. 1 1997; (p. 89-90)

— Review of Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights : Past, Present and Future 1997 anthology essay
'All authored by Aboriginal people, the eighteen chapters in this in this book are mainly based on key papers presented at the August 1996 conference, held in Old Parliament House, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Aboriginal Land rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. Appropriately described as '...the most successful and far-reaching land rights legislation in Australia', the 1976 act has been the forerunner of further legislation and judicial decisions giving recognition to native title and other forms of property rights.' (Introduction)
Leaders Have Say on Major Issues 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 26 February no. 145 1997; (p. 25)

— Review of Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights : Past, Present and Future 1997 anthology essay
This book was inspired by the 20th anniversary of the Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act.
[Review] Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights — Past Present and Future John Holmes , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 4 no. 1 1997; (p. 89-90)

— Review of Our Land is Our Life : Land Rights : Past, Present and Future 1997 anthology essay
'All authored by Aboriginal people, the eighteen chapters in this in this book are mainly based on key papers presented at the August 1996 conference, held in Old Parliament House, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Aboriginal Land rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. Appropriately described as '...the most successful and far-reaching land rights legislation in Australia', the 1976 act has been the forerunner of further legislation and judicial decisions giving recognition to native title and other forms of property rights.' (Introduction)
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