Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Culture and Society Through Space and TimeWilliam Stewart Arthur, Frances Morphy An atlas is a way of representing, in graphic form, a human landscape - a pattern of human activities in space and time. The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia opens up a window onto the landscape of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives, from 60 000 years ago to the present time.It covers a wide range of aspects of Indigenous life, including: society, culture, economics, politics, the environment, technology, land ownership and use, the visual and performing arts, sport, education, health, and placenames.Each chapter has been compiled by one or more experts in the field, under the general editorship of Bill Arthur and Frances Morphy of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy and Research at the Australian National University. The core of maps is supplemented by explanatory text, as well as numerous diagrams and illustrations, including Indigenous artworks. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
The environment and its use | 26 |
Technology and material culture | 48 |
Population and patterns of residence | 66 |
Social and cultural life | 88 |
CONTENTS | 93 |
The southern night sky | 108 |
Performing arts sport and games | 126 |
THE SOCIOPOLITICAL SPACE | 208 |
The colonial encounter | 210 |
Governance and political participation | 220 |
Social justice | 230 |
Placenames of Indigenous origin | 242 |
Modes of research | 248 |
APPENDIXES | 258 |
used in this atlas | 259 |
Land ownership and land use | 142 |
Health and wellbeing | 156 |
THE SOCIOECONOMIC SPACE CONTINUED Chapter 14 Housing and infrastructure | 172 |
Economic life | 182 |
Education and training | 194 |
Glossary and abbreviations | 262 |
About the authors | 265 |
Acknowledgements | 268 |
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