Aborigines of the West: Their Past and Their Present: Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series edited by Ronald M Berndt and Catherine H Berndt

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to top foredge. Dust jacket has creasing to edges and sunning to both front and back covers. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective cover. Interior and binding are still excellent.

The 39 chapters in this book all emphasise the importance of understanding the background of traditional Aboriginal life, the problems that have confronted Aboriginal Australians in the past and those that they faced in the second half of the 20th Century. The themes underline the persistence of Aboriginality and the social and personal value of Aboriginal identity, as a necessary ingredient to survival. (back cover)

Papers by K Akerman, C H Berndt, R M Berndt, W J K Christensen, K Colbung, I M Crawford, J Davis, W H Douglas, A P Elkin, D A Gray, M C George, R K Green, M C Howard, S Kaldor, I Malcolm, E Kolig, T J N Long, R McKeich, R F Morland, K R McKelson, C F Makin, S J Meagher, W D L Ride, C D Metcalfe, C F Mounsey, M L OBrien, H Petri, M V Robinson, B C Shaw, J L Sherwood, J E Stanton, R Tonkinson, K C Truscott, E G Vaszolyi, J M Wilson, M J Winch, S T Woenne, B J Wright, separately annotated.