Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 [Review Essay] The Black Grapevine: Aboriginal Activism and the Stolen Generations
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'This is a handsome little book that purports to tell a big story, about the work of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Agencies. The issue of the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families is now well known, but the role of Indigenous peoples in publicising it, and changing government policy, has received little attention. This is a history of that activism, and therefore promises to provide both a corrective to white-written histories of the Stolen Generations, and an activists’ resource book. It is unique, gaining considerable significance from the author’s own history of activism in this field, and her close associations with many of the people interviewed for the book.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Australian Aboriginal Studies no. 2 2004 Z1187959 2004 periodical issue

    'In this issue of Australian Aboriginal Studies we present a diversity of articles. Michael Rowland considers the revival of the caricature of the ‘noble savage’— or ‘ecologically noble savage’ existing in harmony with nature—that he has identified in some recent publications on environmental issues, and discusses negative implications of the concept. In doing so, he faces the possibility that such a critique might be seen as an attack on indigeneity, but is bolstered by the observation that his criticisms are shared by some Indigenous Australian scholars.'  (Editorial introduction)

    2004
    pg. 112
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