Returning to that which was never lost: Indigenous Australian saltwater identities, a history of land claims and the paradox of return
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2018
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Kearney, A.
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History and Anthropology, 2018; 29(2):184-203
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Amanda Kearney
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In this paper I explore the kincentric ecologies that define sea country for Indigenous Australians, in particular the Yanyuwa of Northern Australia. Despite colonial alienation from their coastal territories, Yanyuwa have sustained a four-decade long legal fight for restitution. Using the framework of ‘urgent patience’ as resistance against ‘social death’, this paper tracks the historical legacy of legislative land rights for saltwater peoples.
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Published online: 07 Nov 2017.
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