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Indigenous Australia (via Informit)Represents the collections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Library and covers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies, Stolen generation, removal of children, Arts, copyright issues, Racism, discrimination, Internet and telecommunications facilities and Communities. NOTE: Coverage - 1968 to December 2002.
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Indigenous Studies Bibliography (via Informit)Covers published and unpublished material on Australian Indigenous studies. NOTE: Coverage - 1990 to present.
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Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845A digital library of Australian general interest and literary journals that began publication between 1840-1845. The format used is PDF (Portable Document Format), and the collection is both searchable and browsable. More titles are being added to this useful resource for Australian studies. A collaborative initiative between the University of Sydney Library, the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
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Australian Chronicles: An Index to Sources of Australian Biography (via Informit)A resource designed to assist genealogists, historians and researchers to locate biographical information on as wide a range of Australians as possible. NOTE: Coverage - 1879 to present.
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Australian Historic Records Register (via Informit)AHRR is a list of paper-based records held in private hands in Australia, providing an insight into life in Australia from settlement to 1988 and is a product of the Australian Bicentennial Historic Records Search, the major heritage project of the Australian Bicentennial Authority. NOTE: Coverage - Settlement to 1988.
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Find out about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, history, culture, and rights. Preserving over 6 million feet of film, 650,000 photographs, 35,000 hours of sound, rare books, manuscripts and more dating back to 1818. -
The Koori History Website"information on Black Australia's 240 year struggle for justice". Includes primary sources relating to Indigenous history in Australia, including videos, newspaper cuttings, cartoons and images.
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Australian Aboriginal StudiesAustralian Aboriginal Studies is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal promoting high-quality research in Australian Indigenous studies, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. It is published for a wide audience in both print and digital form, and visual content is encouraged.
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Aboriginal historySince 1977 the journal Aboriginal History has pioneered interdisciplinary historical studies of Australian Aboriginal people's and Torres Strait Islander's interactions with non-Indigenous peoples. It has promoted publication of Indigenous oral traditions, biographies, languages, archival and bibliographic guides, archaeology, sociology, linguistics, demography, law, geography and cultural, political and economic history.
Key books, reports and papers
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: an introduction for the teaching professionAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: practice and context: 2012 -
A companion to Australian aboriginal literature by A collection of eleven original essays discusses crucial aspects of Australian Aboriginal literature and traces the development of Aboriginal literacy from the oral tradition up until today. -
Macquarie PEN anthology of Aboriginal literature by An authoritative survey of Australian Aboriginal writing over two centuries, across a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. Including some of the most distinctive writing produced in Australia, it offers rich insights into Aboriginal culture and experience. -
Dialogue about land justice : papers from the National Native Title conference by Dialogue about Land Justice provides a solid understanding for readers of the key issues around native title from the minds of leading thinkers, commentators and senior jurists. It consolidates sixteen papers presented to the national Native Title Conference since the historic Mabo judgment. -
Background paper for Investigative Panel meeting on New and emerging models of tenancy management in remote Indigenous communities byHousing reforms in remote Indigenous communities have resulted in various tenancy management arrangements with management spread across state, community and private housing sectors. Discussion Paper: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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Learning and teaching in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education by Learn from real voices and experiences. This book helps pre-service teachers prepare themselves for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in urban, remote and rural primary and secondary schools.
Dictionaries, encyclopaedias, reference
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The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and cultureDocumented archaeological traditions and diverse contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art practices
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The encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and cultureAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
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Macquarie Dictionary OnlineThe Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus Online features easy, comprehensive and interactive searching of over 121,000 headwords and phrases and over 210,000 definitions, with the ability to search either the dictionary, thesaurus or both.
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Academic integrity tutorialIntroduces you to the skills you need to maintain academic integrity, including referencing.
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ReferencingSelf-help resources, including examples of how to reference in various styles.
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Study smartAn online tutorial covering topics relating to researching, writing and studying at Griffith University.
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School of Humanities Referencing GuideGuide for referencing for assignments.
