Section I: W. E. H. Stanner. The work of W. E. H. Stanner / John Hilary Martin. Section II: Aboriginal religion. A commentary on Stanner's "On the study of Aboriginal religion" / John Hilary Martin -- On the study of Aboriginal religion / W. E. H. Stanner. Section III: Aboriginal lands. The great silence / John Hilary Martin -- The Yirrkala land case / W. E. H. Stanner -- Stanner's approach to land rights / John Hilary Martin -- Some general principles of aboriginal land holding / W. E. H. Stanner -- Land as aboriginal property / W. E. H. Stanner -- Retrospective / W. E. H. Stanner -- The Land Rights Commission / John Hilary Martin -- The land rights movement / W. E. H. Stanner. Section IV: The concept of privacy. An introduction to Stanner's concept of privacy / John Hilary Martin -- Privacy and the Aboriginal people / W. E. H. Stanner