Crossing Boundaries: Cultural, Legal, Historical and Practice Issues in Native Title

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Sandy Toussaint

Crossing Boundaries

Cultural, Legal, Historical and Practice Issues in Native Title

Sandy Toussaint

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English

Melbourne University Pres
15 March 2004

Indigenous peoples; Social & cultural anthropology; Law; Laws of Specific jurisdictions

In Crossing Boundaries, editor Sandy Toussaint and twenty contributors have created the first cross-disciplinary exploration of native title work.

Ever since the 1992 Mabo decision put an end to the legal fiction that Australia was without owners before the arrival of the British colonisers, the work associated with resolving native title claims has developed as a significant but often difficult arena of professional practice. Increasingly, anthropologists, linguists, historians and lawyers have been encouraged to work collaboratively, often in the context of highly charged public controversy about who owns the land.

In Crossing Boundaries, editor Sandy Toussaint and her contributors have created a cross-disciplinary exploration of native title work. In all, twenty professionals share their experience and expertise. As Toussaint concludes, 'Chapters in this volume reveal the extent to which native title workers need to communicate more cogently and, in some cases, to redefine their practice.'

Edited by: Sandy Toussaint
Imprint: Melbourne University Pres
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 395g
ISBN: 9780522850741
ISBN 10: 052285074X
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 15 March 2004
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sandy Toussaint is a senior lecturer in anthropology at the University of Western Australia. She has worked extensively on matters related to lands, waters and laws with Kimberley Indigenous communities. Her publications include Phyllis Kaberry and Me: Anthropology, History and Aboriginal Australia (MUP), Applied Anthropology in Australasia (co-edited with Jim Taylor), and A Jury of Whose Peers? An Examination of the Cultural Politics of Juries in Australia (co-edited with Kate Auty).

Reviews for Crossing Boundaries: Cultural, Legal, Historical and Practice Issues in Native Title

"""'The legal recognition of native title has given rise to issues and processes that provide challenges to anthropologists, linguists, historians and lawyers. Those issues not only cross the boundaries of these areas of expertise, but also involve the whole community.' - Fred Chaney"""