Issue 1

Editorial

1

Articles

The significance of the classification of a colonial acquisition: the conquered/settled distinction
Julie Cassidy

2

Federalism and Aboriginal Affairs
Scott Bennett

18

Aboriginal bicentenary?
Michael Kirby

28

Culture vacuum or cultural vitality?
A-K. Eckennann

31

Research Communications

What became of that treaty?
Judith Wright

40

Darce Cassidy’s Freedom Ride
Peter Read

45

Wiradjuri identity
Iris Clayton

53

Contact history: Aborigines in New South Wales after 1788
Anne Bickford

55

The Wings of Time
Flo Grant

61

Observation
Paul Behrendt

63

Non-tribal dance music and song: from first contact to citizen rights
C. Sullivan

64

Aboriginality: Resistance and Persistence
Kevin Keeffe

67

Comment

82

News and information

83

Obituary

• Hobbles Danyari

87

Resources

89

Book Reviews

93

Issue 2

Editorial

1

Articles

Floral analysis and archaeology: Is Australia different?
P.G. Ladd

2

The concept of "staple" lent foods in the Western Desert region of Western Australia
P.M. Veth and F.J. Walsh

19

Wood artefacts: A checklist of plant species utilised by Australian Aborigines
Johan Kamminga

26

Landscape as cultural artefact: shell mounds and plants in Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula
Roger Cribb, Rex Walmbeng, Raymond Wolmby and Charles Taisman

60

Hawk hunting hides in the Victoria River District
Darrell Lewis

74

History Matters—a commentary on divergent interpretations of Australian history
Harry Allen

79

A survey of the languages of the Kimberley region—report from the Kimberley Language Resource Centre
William McGregor

90

Wentworth Lecture. Not Land Rights: But Land Rites
Ken Colbung

103

Comment

Aboriginal place names
Noel M. Wallace

111

News and information

114

Obituaries

117

• Senator James Bernard Keefe
• Eric Michaels

Resources

119

Book Reviews

126

Index 1986-88

137