General Editor's Note: Luke Taylor

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Editorial: Graeme K. Ward

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Issues 1 & 2: Papers from the Darwin Fulbright Symposium 'Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World'

Globalisation, Decolonisation and Indigenous Australia
Claire Smith and Graeme K. Ward | abstract

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Playing the game: Is sport as good for race relations as we'd like to think?
Darren Godwell | abstract

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Representing the Rainbow: Aboriginal culture in an interconnected world
Francesca Merlan | abstract

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The use of electronic media in remote Aboriginal communities
David Tafler | abstract

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Plugging in Indigenous knowledge: connections and innovations
David Nathan | abstract

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The Web and today's colonialism
Cathryn McConaghy | abstract

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Papers from the conference on 'Human Genetics: Diversity and Disease' 'Symposium on Scientific, Social and Ethical Issues'

Human genetics: Control of research and sharing of benefits
Michael Dodson | abstract

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Genetic research: what does this mean for Indigenous Australian communities?
Sheila van Holst Pellekaan | abstract

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Research reports

Conducting a community-based archaeological project: an archaeologist's and a Koepul man's perspective
Anne Ross and  Shane Coghill

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Remote Access: Maningrida Arts & Culture and the World Wide Web
Mary Ellen Jordan

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Book Reviews and booknotes

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News and Information

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Obituaries

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• Don McElwain
• Laurie Gawanali