Most Australians are familiar with the concept of land ownership and understand the meaning of native title, which recognises Indigenous peoples’ rights to land to which they are spiritually or culturally connected. The ownership of areas of the sea and its resources is often overlooked however, despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections with the sea being just as important as those with the land. The papers in this volume demonstrate how the concept of customary marine tenure has developed in various communities and look at some of its implications. Originating in a session of papers at a conference in 1996, the papers in this volume were originally published as Oceania Monograph 48 in 1998.
Les mer
The ownership of areas of sea and its resources is often overlooked however, despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections with the sea being just as important as those with the land.
Note to the 2014 edition by Peter White Preface by Nicolas Peterson and Bruce Rigsby1. Introduction by Nicolas Peterson and Bruce Rigsby2. A survey of property theory and tenure types by Bruce Rigsby3. Reimagining sea space: from Grotius to Mabo by Nonie Sharp4. Aboriginal fishing rights on the New South Wales south coast: a court case by Scott Cane5. Use and continuity in the customary marine tenure of the Whitsunday Islands by Bryce Barker6. Salt water, fresh water and Yawuru social organisation by Patrick Sullivan7. Marine tenure in the Wellesley Islands region, Gulf of Carpentaria by Paul Memmott and David Trigger8. ‘We always look north’: Yanyuwa identity and the maritime environment by John J. Bradley9. Customary marine tenure at Groote Eylandt by Peter Cooke and Gowan Armstrong 10. Gapu Dhulway, Gapu Maramba: conceptualisation and ownership of saltwater among the Burarra and Yan-nhangu peoples of northeast Arnhem Land by Geoffrey Bagshaw11. Ownership and resource use on islands off the Liverpool River, Northern Territory by Peter Cooke and Gowan Armstrong12. The Sandbeach People and the dugong hunters of Eastern Cape York Peninsula: property in land and sea country by Bruce Rigsby and Athol Chase13. The Sea of Waubin: the Kaurareg and their marine environment by Michael Southon and the Kaurareg Tribal Elders14. The promise of native title and the predicament of customary marine tenure by Sandra Pannell
Les mer
' ... the first major collection of works to study Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander systems of marine tenure. It is eclectic in number and scope.'
This collection of papers explores the concept of customary marine tenure in Australia and discusses some of its implications.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781743323892
Publisert
2014-02-19
Utgave
1998. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Sydney University Press
Vekt
545 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
408
Biographical note
Nicolas Peterson is a professor of anthropology at the Australian National University.
Bruce Rigsby is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Queensland.