Case study aimed at explaining Aboriginal resistance to mining exploration; initiation of punitive expeditions; folk tales, Captain Cook, first contact with Afghans, Sergeant Pilmer; depopulation; revival of traditional culture; recruitment to station work-force; case history, sub-standard living conditions; walk-off to Fitzroy Crossing, living conditions; relationship to land; myths, culture heroes, Baobab tree, mythological sites; land tenure; Kadjina Community, Yangngora Community, formation, land rights, leadership; applications to mine for oil, diamonds, legal dispute; Pea Hill; Aboriginal versus public understanding of threat presented by mining to sacred sites
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"An anthropological insight into the social, religious and cultural motives which led the Aborigines to make a concentrated effort to prevent mining on their land"--Back cover
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 147-159
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Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
