A Sacred Landscape
Nearly a century after dispossession first began, educated Australians "discovered" that aboriginal property ownership was systematic and based on kinship groups. But it wasn't until the 1930's that anthropologists began to understand the religious dimension to the bond between the people and their land.
This challenged the colonial notion that Aboriginal beliefs were superstitious. Aboriginal thought, they argued, contained a rich religious tradition, which linked people to the land.
Indigenous People & Their Land
Topic
custom, indigenous people, land ownership, land rights, land use, sacred
Belonging To Country
Topic
aborigines, Australia, dreamtime, indigenous Australians, land ownership, land rights, sacred
A doomed race?
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anthropology, assimilation, barbarism, colonists, Darwin, Charles, humanitarians, religion, Victoria
Walter Baldwin Spencer Regrets
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1884-1938
Alice Springs, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, religion, reserves, South Australia, Western Australia
The Horn Expedition
Image and Text
1894
aborigines, Alice Springs, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Northern Territory, religion
W. Baldwin Spencer & F.T. Gillen Across Australia
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1901-1902
anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, culture, Northern Territory, religion
W. Baldwin Spencer, Wanderings in Wild Australia
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1911-1912
anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Northern Territory, religion
Gillen & Spencer
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1920s
anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, custom, Northern Territory, rations
The Laws Of Malo
Topic
indigenous law, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred, sacred
Malo's Law
Topic
Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, religion, sacred
Las
Topic
Las, Las, Mabo, Edward Koiki, Malo, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Piadaram, Zogo le
Native Title & Indigenous Law
Topic
aboriginal law, Malo's laws, native title, Native Title Act (1993), sacred
Baldwin Spencer with Arrente elders
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1896
aborigines, anthropology, Arrente, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, totems
Two Arrente Women with a baby
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1895
aborigines, anthropology, Arrente, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, Central Australia, custom, Northern Territory
Tiwi Yam Ceremony
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1912
aborigines, anthropology, Baldwin Spencer, Walter, culture, Northern Territory, Tiwi, yams
