Issue 1

Editorial: Graeme K Ward

1

Articles

Aboriginal/Macassan interactions in the 18th and 19th century in northern Australia and contemporary sea rights claims
Denise Russell | abstract

3

Archaeology of Torres Strait turtleshell masks: the Badu Island cache
Bruno David, Ian McNiven, William Bowie, Manuel Nomoa, Peo Ahmat, Joe Crouch, Liam Brady,Michael Quinnell and Anita Herle | abstract

18

Putting Herbert Basedow back in focus: the 1928 expedition to Arnhem Land
Murray Garde and Apolline Kohen-Raimondo | abstract

26

'Exotic Bradshaws' or Australian 'Gwion': an archaeological test
Michael Barry and J. Peter White | abstract

37

'Stoning Fish?' A hitherto unrecorded class of stone artefact from the coastal Pilbara
Kim Akerman | abstract

45

Papers from Symposium B of AURA2000 Congress The rock-art of Central Australia: an overview
R. G. Gunn | abstract

54

'These things take time': Central Australian rock-art in context
June Ross and Leo Abbott | abstract

69

Rock-art and the archaeological record of indigenous settlement in central Australia
Peter Thorley | abstract

79

Research Reports

Women who hunt with fire: Aboriginal resource use and fire regimes in Australia's Western Desert.
Douglas W. Bird, Rebecca Bliege Bird and Christopher H. Parker

90

First and last: dating people and extinct animals in Australia
Richard Gillespie

97

Book Reviews

102

News and information

124

Issue 2

Editorial: Graeme K Ward

1

Articles

Return of the 'noble savage': misrepresenting the past, present and future
M. J. Rowland | abstract

2

Aboriginal, Maori, and Inuit youth suicide: avenues to alleviation?
Colin Tatz | abstract

15

Addressing Indigenous suicide: a special case? A response to Colin Tatz
Michael Dudley | abstract

26

What does it mean to say that Aboriginal suicide is different? Differing cultures, accounts, and idioms of distress in the context of the indigenous youth suicide.
Joseph P. Reser | abstract

34

Incarceration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults, 1991 to 2001: trends and differentials
Aminiratne Wijesekere | abstract

54

Traditional Owners and 'community-country' anangu: distinctions and dilemmas
Sarah Holcombe | abstract

64

Transitional traditions: ‘Port Essington’ bark-paintings and the European discovery of Aboriginal aesthetics
Paul SC Taçon and Susan M Davies | abstract

72

Research Reports

Bennelong and Omai
L. R. Hiatt

87

A Wardaman Creation Story
Julie Drew with Bill Harney

90

Correspondence

Arresting resistance: a brief reply to Gillian Cowlishaw
John Morton

98

Book Reviews

101

News and information

122