| Description |
vi, 136 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
AIAS new series ; no. 38 |
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AIAS new series ; no. 38
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| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. The gathering storm -- 2. Aboriginal art as a unifying principle -- 3. Beginning again -- 4. The hidden places of man's power -- 5. A visiting advocate -- 6. Shadows over the sun -- 7. Arnhem Land as a sanctuary for the Aborigines -- 8. The right of the people to know -- 9. The search for something eternal in Arnhem Land -- 10. An emergency arises -- 11. The use of art as a mental medicine -- 12. Aboriginal theology and Australian politics -- 13. One form of script leads to another -- 14. The function of Christian missions reviewed -- 15. A journey through mountains of paper -- 16. Arnhem Land Aborigines in the Australian media -- 17. In which we come to the end of the day -- Appendix 1. Text of a statement / prepared by the Rev. E.A. Wells and read at the House of Representatives Select Committee of Enquiry into the Grievances of Yirrkala Aborigines sitting at Yirrkala Mission on 1 October 1963 -- Appendix 2. The wording of the Yirrkala Bark Petition -- Appendix 3. Job analysis: General Secretaryship, Department of Overseas Missions, Methodist Church of Australasia, 1972 / analysis prepared by the Rev. C.F. Gribble -- Appendix 4. Chronological table of events |
| Summary |
Personal account by the Superintendent of Yirrkala Mission of the events surrounding the presentation of the Yirrkala Bark Petition to Parliament; outlines the authors philosophy and attitude to Aboriginal culture and art, his role in opposing excision of Reserve land and the intrusion of mining companies, particularly Nabalco; details of the support he received and opposition from various government agencies and individuals and in particular Rev. C.F. Gribble, General Secretary of the Methodist Overseas Missions; describes the role of individual Yirrkala Aborigines, especially Narritjin and Wandjuk Marika; based on personal records, correspondence and other contemporary sources |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians Government relations |
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Aboriginal Australians Land tenure Australia Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
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Aluminum industry and trade Social aspects Australia Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
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Arnhem Land (N.T.) History |
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Methodist Church Missions Australia Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
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Wells, Edgar |
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Yolngu (Australian people) Missions Australia Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
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Australian Aborigines. Land rights. Northern Territory. Arnhem Land |
| Notes |
frontis. map |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
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Copy 4 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
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AIAS new series no:38 |
| Subject |
Gribble, C. F. (Cecil F.)
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Marika, Wandjuk, -1987.
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Maymuru, Narritjin, 1922-1982
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Wells, Edgar.
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Methodist Church of Australasia -- Missions -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Methodist Overseas Missions
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Millingimbi Aboriginal Mission (Milingimbi Island, N.T.)
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Nabalco Pty. Ltd
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Yirrkala Aboriginal Reserve (Yirrkala, N.T.)
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Yirrkala Methodist Mission (Yirrkala, N.T.)
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Yirrkala Methodist Mission -- History
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Methodist Church.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Reservations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Government relations
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Social conditions
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Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
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Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Aluminum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Land tenure -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Methodist Church -- Missions -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Mineral industries -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Yolngu (Australian people) -- Missions.
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Missions -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Yolngu (Australian people) -- Missions -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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| SUBJECT |
Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Author |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
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| LC no. |
83147189 |
| ISBN |
0391026135 |
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0855751347 |
