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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... no. 2 1994 of Australian Aboriginal Studies est. 1983 Australian Aboriginal Studies
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'After three years (1992-94) and six issues, this will be my last issue as general editor. The previous general editor, Dr Kingsley Palmer, also edited six issues (1989-91), although two cases do not make a pattern (the previous general editor, Dr David Horton, edited ten issues). The termination of my time as general editor coincides with the appointment of a new Director of Research, Dr Mary Edmunds, who will also take over the journal. We wish Mary every success in her new position and particularly in her role as general editor. We also hope that you, the readers, will continue to reap profit and enjoyment from the flagship publication of the Institute.' (Editorial introduction)

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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Papuans or Aborigines? : The Amalie Dietrich Letters, Ray Sumner , single work criticism

'This paper concludes a survey of the ethnographic work of Amalie Dietrich in Australia, the main findings of which appeared in an earlier issue of this journal (Sumner 1993a).'  (Publication abstract)

(p. 47-50)
[Review Essay] The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Kaye Price , single work essay

'The publication of the Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia was sponsored by the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education and Training, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, the New South Wales Department of School Education, the New South Wales Aboriginal Education Unit and the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. It was winner of the inaugural Centre for Australian Cultural Studies Award in 1994.'  (Introduction)

(p. 51)
[Review Essay] Kaytetye Country : An Aboriginal History of the Barrow Creek Area, Audrey Rankine , single work essay (p. 72-74)
[Review Essay] A Straight-Out Man : F. W. Albrecht and Central Australian Aborigines, R. G. Kimber , single work essay

Barbara Henson's biography is aptly titled: Pastor Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht undoubtedly was 'a straight-out man'. The author traces Albrecht's life from his birth to German parents in Planawice, Poland, in 1894 to his death in Adelaide, Australia, ninety years later. His parents' life as farmers, his lameness from the age of twelve which meant that he spent much time reading Lutheran tracts, and his war service as a stretcher-bearer, all undoubtedly influenced his life as a Lutheran pastor in Central Australia. He was a steadfast man, dependable, brave, a staunch Lutheran and also, as one of the Devil's own flock stated, a rarity amongst the Lutherans at Hermannsburg mission in that he could mix with anyone and had a sense of humour (pers. comm., the late Bryan Bowman ; also p p 119-20). Bryan considered that it was Albrecht's war service that had given him a strong sense of the strengths and weaknesses of human nature, and contributed to his tolerance and sense-of humour.'  (Introduction)

(p. 75-76)
[Review Essay] Bunji: A Story of the Gwalwa Daraniki Movement, Michael Walsh , single work essay

The main title, Bunji, refers not just to the black rights newsletter founded by Bill Day, but also recalls the term used especially by Aborigines for a mate. Although mateship may have taken on something of a taint by now, this is in part a story of mateship in which one man shows that he can make a difference. This is a personal account of the struggle for Aboriginal land rights in Darwin in the 1970s and into the 80s.'  (Introduction)

(p. 76-78)
[Review Essay] My Bundjalung People, Ann Nakano , single work essay

'Fans of Ruby Langford Ginibi will not like everything I am going to say about her third book, My Bundjalung People, but she is 'an established author' now and her work demands more than a few patronising comments from a 'white' (actually more of a pinky-purple) writer and historian.' (Introduction)

(p. 79-80)
[Review Essay] The Wizard of the Wire : The Story of Con Colleano, Ian D. Clark , single work essay

'The Wizard of the Wire presents a history of Con Colleano (pronounced Ka-lee-no), one of the world's greatest circus artists. Mark St Leon, a circus historian, has produced an impressive work that is well illustrated with photographs, circus programs, sketches and handbills. The text is interspersed with reminiscences from Colleano himself, from his wife, from other family members, and from associates in the industry.' (Introduction)

(p. 80-82)
[Review Essay] Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories, Bill Rosser , single work essay

'About fifty years ago, Ion Idriess wrote a book about cattle and the wide open spaces of the outback. He called it Cattle Camp. It was fiction. In 1994, Herb Wharton wrote a book in a similar vein. He called it Cattle Camp; but there is no fiction here. Rather, it is a book about the real world of drovers and their cattle. The tales of these Aboriginal stockmen and stockwomen are sometimes sad and sometimes humorous, but always entertaining. For instance, it is a little-known fact that the only Japanese prisoner-of-war taken on Australian soil was, in fact, taken by an unarmed Aborigine!' (Introduction)

(p. 84-85)
[Review Essay] Bridge of Triangles, Ann Nakano , single work essay

'John Muk Muk Burke was born in Narrandera, New South Wales, in 1946. His mother was Wiradjuri and his father was Irish. He left school, aged 15, and worked at several jobs before entering the Auckland Teachers College in New Zealand in 1967. In 1992 he joined the Centre for Aboriginal and Islander Studies at the Northern Territory University, as lecturer in history and English literature'  (Introduction)

(p. 93-94)
[Review Essay] Mister Maloga, Kath Schilling , single work essay

'This book tells of the life of Daniel Matthews (1837-1902), founder of the Maloga Aboriginal mission, situated on the Victorian side of the Murray River, in the second half of the nineteenth century.' (Introduction)

(p. 95-97)
[Review Essay] The Darug and Their Neighbours: The Traditional Aboriginal Owners of the Sydney Region, Ian D. Clark , single work essay

'The Darug and Their Neighbours presents a general history of the Darug people and their immediate neighbours—the Dharawal and Gundungurra peoples of the greater Sydney region. Four families from this region are the focus of the book, in an effort to demonstrate that there are many Darug descendants still living in the Sydney area. The book has three clear parts: a general historical introduction (comprising 144 pages); descendant charts of four families (62 pages); and dictionaries of the Darug, Kuringgai and Gundungurra languages (54 pages).'  (Introduction)

(p. 100-101)
Jack Bohemia, Bem C. 1900-1994, Bill McGregor , single work obituary

'Jack Bohemia, Nyibayarri, was born around the turn of the century near the Old Bohemia Downs homestead, about 100 km east of Fitzroy Crossing in the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. He passed away peacefully in the Numbala Nunga nursing home in Derby on 26 August 1994, following a stroke. From the age of about five or six until almost forty, Jack Bohemia worked with cattle on Bohemia Downs station, rising to the rank of head stockman. He participated in, and ultimately led, a number of droving trips to Derby and Broome; on one occasion, he even went to Katherine with a mob of horses— and from there to Darwin on the old train, on holiday. He gained a reputation as an expert stockman, and many Gooniyandi and Bunuba men remember him as their teacher, who taught them about stockwork—and/or the Law.' (Introduction)

(p. 120-121)
David Burrumarra, MBE, Don Williams , single work obituary

'On 13 October 1994, David Burrumarra died at Elcho Island in the Northern Territory. He was a leader whose life and work have had a marked impact on the history of Arnhem Land.'  (Introduction)

(p. 121-122)
[Review Essay] The Art of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, R. G. Kimber , single work essay

'This is the first coffee-table book about a Central Australian artist. It is superbly illustrated with photographs of his works, contains a further range of interesting photographs, maps and sketches, and altogether is a fine publication. At $80 it is not a cheap book, but it compares favourably with similar works, and is more substantial than most'  (Introduction)

(p. 177)

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