Carolyn Briggs Carolyn Briggs i(9332947 works by) (a.k.a. N'Arweet Carolyn Briggs)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Boon Wurrung
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1 Identity and Connection Carolyn Briggs , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 240 2020; (p. 7-14)

'The 1992 Mabo decision recognised Native Title on the Murray Islands in the Torres Strait. This decision led to the Native Title Act (1993) and subsequently had a direct impact on the identity of First Australians. There was greater acceptance among First Peoples to publicly define our identity according to our pre-colonial status. We define ourselves by clan or nation, rather than the generic colonial term ‘Aboriginal’ or geographic terms such as Koori.' (Introduction)
1 y separately published work icon Bundjil Creation Story Carolyn Briggs , Balnarring : Boon Wurrung Foundation , 2018 16681769 2018 single work prose Indigenous story
1 Boon Wurrung Arweets Carolyn Briggs , 2008 single work biography
— Appears in: Our Languages Are the Voice of the Land : the FATSIL Newsletter , September vol. 38 no. 2008; 'Yallukit Willam, Ngaruk Willarn, Mayune Baluk, Boon Wurrung Balug, Yownegerra and the Yallock Balluk. Their country covered the land along the coast from the Werribee River east to Wilsons Promontory. It went inland as far as Dandenong. '
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