Title Through a smoky mirror : history and native title / edited by Mandy Paul and Geoffrey Gray

Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press : Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Native Title Research Unit, [2002]

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Description xiv, 113 pages ; 25 cm regular print Series Native title research series Native title research series. Contents Introduction / Mandy Paul and Geoffrey Gray -- Yorta Yorta: the community's perspective on the treatment of oral history / Jan Muir and Monica Morgan -- Historical narrative and proof of native title / Christine Choo and Margaret O'Connell -- History in the courtroom: a brief consideration of some issues / Geoffrey Gray -- Reflections on the use of historical evidence in the Yorta Yorta case / Deborah Bird Rose -- Taming the colonial archive: history, native title and colonialism / Steve Hemming -- History, anthropology and native title / Tom Gara -- No title without history / David Ritter -- History and the Native Title Act / John Litchfield and Lance Jackson Summary David Ritter, a lawyer working on native title, speaks passionately on the importance of history in native title. He then speaks of the weight of oral as against documentary evidence in a legal setting; and the need for a historiography which demonstrates the continuity of native title in the 'settled south' Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Torres Strait Islanders -- Land tenure. Land tenure -- Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- History -- Congresses. Native title (Australia) -- History -- Congresses. Aboriginal Australians -- Historiography -- Congresses. Aboriginal Australians -- Claims -- History -- Congresses. Native title (Australia) Aboriginal Australians -- Claims. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Paul, Mandy. Gray, Geoffrey G Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Native Title Research Unit. LC no. 2004353524 ISBN 0855753935

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