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

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Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library book with stamps insides. External stickers have been removed. Some minor marks on foredges. Dust jacket has creasing at top and tail. Small tear at right front tail. Please see images for more information.

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.