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Books from the Native Title Research Unit
NTRU books develop topical themes in native title in a cohesive work of scholarship that contains specialist analysis and review and integrates relevant research which is sensitive to the cross-disciplinary nature of the field.
Selected books by NTRU staff published by Aboriginal Studies Press are listed below:
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The Limits of Change: 2012 RRP $39.95 incl. GST Buy this book from NTRU |
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Dialogue about Land Justice: 2010 RRP $45.00 incl. GST 2010 Electronic Book Format: Buy this book from Aboriginal Studies Press |
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Compromised Jurisprudence: 2009
RRP $45.00 incl. GST Buy this book from Aboriginal Studies Press |
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Murray River Country: 2009 RRP $34.95 incl. GST 2009 Electronic Book Format: Buy this book from Aboriginal Studies Press |
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Aboriginal Darwin: 2006
RRP $34.95 incl. GST Buy this book from Aboriginal Studies Press |
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Treaty: Let's get it right! 2003
RRP $19.95 incl. GST Buy this book from Aboriginal Studies Press |
Selected books published by the NTRU are listed below and
are available free of charge in both hard copy and PDF version:
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Unsettling Anthropology: The Demands of Native Title on Worn Concepts and Changing Lives |
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Dilemmas in Applied Native Title Anthropology in Australia |
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A Guide to Australian Legislation Relevant To Native Title: Volume One NSW, VIC, QLD, SA. |
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The Gunditjmara Land Justice Story |
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The 2007 Amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth): Technical Amendments or Disturbing the Balance of Rights? |
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A Guide to Australian Legislation Relevant To Native Title: Volume Two WA, TAS, ACT, NT, Cth. |
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Even as the Crow Flies it is Still a Long Way: Implementation of the Queensland South Native Title Services Lt Legal Service Strategic Plan |
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Taxation of Native Title Agreements |
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A Guide to Overseas Precedents of Relevance to Native Title |
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The publications listed below are available in hard copy only:
Language in Native Title, edited by John Henderson and David Nash.
In 14 chapters, this publication advocates for communities and linguists involved as expert witnesses in native title cases, and discusses the analytical methods most productive to presenting evidence of continuity of culture and attachment to land. Papers include: ‘Linguistic Evidence in Native Title Cases in Australia’ by Jeanie Bell; ‘Linguistics and the Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim’ by Heather Bowe; ‘Labels, Language and Native Title Groups: The Miriuwung-Gajerrong Case’ by Greg McIntyre and Kim Doohan; and, ‘Linguistic Stratiography and Native Title: The Case of Ethnonyms’ by Patrick McConvell. Information about the book can also be found at David Nash's website 
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Through the Smoky Mirror: History and Native Title, edited by Geoff Gray and Mandy Paul.
Through the Smoky Mirror is a collection of papers presented at the NTRU workshop ‘The Use of History in Native Title Processes’. It addresses the role of history in the proof of native title, the experience of historians in the preparation of claims (their relationship with other disciplines and with the claimants) as well as the experience of giving expert evidence in the courtroom. (2002).
Native Title in the New Millenium Native Title Representative Bodies Legal Conference 16-20 April 2000: Melbourne, Victoria, edited Bryan Keon-Cohen.
This publication presents 31 papers from a conference jointly sponsored by the Mirimbiak Nations Aboriginal Corp. and the Native Title Research Unit of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. The papers were presented by legal practitioners, industry leaders, academics, consultants and staff from Native Title Representative Bodies and the National Native Title Tribunal. Their coverage is inclusive and the intention has been to offer a thorough description of the current state of native title law and practice. A CD of the complete proceedings is included. The book has sections on constitutional issues, the Federal Court’s case management, State and Territory alternative schemes, economic development, alternative approaches, issues related to particular claims and methods, Indigenous Land Use Agreements, Indigenous land claims in Canada, New Zealand and South Africa and the application of international law and conventions in Australia. (2001)
Native Title in Perspective: Selected Papers from the Native Title Research Unit 1998–2000, edited by Lisa Strelein and Kado Muir. (2000).
Regional Agreements: Key Issues in Australia: Volume 2, Case Studies edited by Mary Edmunds. (1999)..
Regional Agreements: Key Issues in Australia: Volume 1, Summaries edited by Mary Edmunds. (1998).
Working with the Native Title Act: Alternatives to the Adversarial Method, edited by Lisa Strelein. (1998) Proceedings from a Native Title Legal Practitioners’ Workshop held 4-5 June 1997.
A Sea Change in Land Rights Law: The Extension of Native Title to Australia's Off-Shore Areas by Gary D. Meyers, Malcolm O'Dell, Guy Wright, Simone C. Muller. (1996)
Heritage and Native Title: Anthropological and Legal Perspectives edited by Julie Finlayson and Ann Jackson-Nakano. (1996) Proceedings of a workshop conducted by the Australian Anthropological Society and AIATSIS at the ANU, Canberra, 14-15 February 1996.
The Skills of Native Title Practice edited by Paul Burke. (1995) Proceedings of a workshop conducted by the NTRU, the Native Title Section of ATSIC and the Representative Bodies, 13-15 September 1995.
Anthropology in the Native Title Era edited by Jim Fingleton and Julie Finlayson. (1995) . Proceedings of a workshop conducted by the Australian Anthropological Society and the Native Title Research Unit, AIATSIS, 14-15 February 1995.
Proof and Management of Native Title.(1994) . Summary of proceedings of a workshop conducted 31 January-1 February.