The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia contains 2000 entries and 1000 photographs, it covers all aspects of Indigenous Australians' lives including history, art, language, sport, education, archaeology, literature, land ownership, social organisation, health, music, law, technology, media, economy, politics, food and religion. (Source: AIATSIS website)
'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)
