Experiments in self-determination: Histories of the outstation movement in Australia

Outstations, which dramatically increased in numbers in the 1970s, are small, decentralised and relatively permanent communities of kin established by Aboriginal people on land that has social, cultural or economic significance to them. In 2015 they yet again came under attack, this time as an expen...

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Main Author: Peterson, Nicolas (auth)
Other Authors: Myers, Fred (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: ANU Press 2016
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