Title Ngurra walytja, country of my spirit / by Jim Downing ; with colleague and cultural interpreter Munti Smith

Published Darwin : Australian National University, North Australia Research Unit, 1988

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W'PONDS	307.7720994 Dow/Nwc		AVAILABLE

Description xvi, 181 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm Series Monograph / Australian National University, North Australia Research Unit Monograph (Australian National University. North Australia Research Unit) Summary "A study of the 'Outstation' or Homelands movement -a movement of Aboriginal people away from larger settlements into small communities in remote areas, generally in their own tribal 'homelands', where there are many areas of sacred importance to the ancestor/creation stories of their clans. They desired to 'look after' those places by tending the sacred areas'." Notes Spine title: Country of my spirit Bibliography Bibliography: pages 166-172 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- History -- 20th century. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- 20th century. Land settlement -- Australia. Migration, Internal -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Rural conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670 Author Smith, Munti. Australian National University. North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0731503953

Other Titles Country of my spirit Country of my spirit

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