Returning to that which was never lost: Indigenous Australian saltwater identities, a history of land claims and the paradox of return

Kearney, A.2018-08-212018-08-212018History and Anthropology, 2018; 29(2):184-2030275-72061477-2612http://hdl.handle.net/2440/113743Published online: 07 Nov 2017.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.en© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupIndigenous Australia; history and land rights; urgent patience; cultural wounding; place and the seaReturning to that which was never lost: Indigenous Australian saltwater identities, a history of land claims and the paradox of returnJournal article003008766510.1080/02757206.2017.13976460004256983000032-s2.0-85033372015419763Kearney, A. [0000-0002-4559-0660]