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Seminar Series 2002


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Series 1: Cattle Business: Pastoralism and Land Resources

Date

Speaker(s)

Topic

08 Apr

Richard Davis, Research Fellow, AIATSIS

Society, ecology and pastoralism: aspects of Aboriginal cattle ownership in the Kimberley

15 Apr

Robert Foster, Lecturer, History, University of Adelaide

Aboriginal Rights on Pastoral Lands in SA from 1851-1960

22 Apr

Nicolas Gill, School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong

Three Meanings of pastoralism in Australia: Foundational Agrarianism, Eco-Vandalism and Aboriginal Cultural Continuity

29 April

Patrick McConvell, Research Fellow, AIATSIS

Workers And Camp-Mob: Articulations Of Economies On An Aboriginal Cattle Station

06 May

Ruth Lane, School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong

Identity, mobility and land use change for Aborigines and farmers in the East Kimberley

13 May

Pamela Smith, University of Adelaide

Station Camps: The ethnoarchaeology of cultural change in the post-contact period on a Kimberley cattle station

20 May

Lorenzo Veracini, Griffith University

Reappraising the Australian Pastoral Frontier: An Exploratory Proposal

27 May

Tim Rowse, History, RSSS, ANU

Black Pastoralism in the Northern Territory, 1976-1996: Some contemporary Land Use Issues

11 Jun

Stuart Phillpott, Director, Special Projects, Land Enterprise Australia

Black Pastoralism in the Northern Territory, 1976-1996: Some contemporary Land Use Issues

17 Jun

Geoffrey Gray, Research Fellow, AIATSIS

A wealthy firm like Vesteys gives us our opportunity: a failed attempt to reform the Northern Territory cattle industry.

23 Jun

Glen Mclaren, Curtin University

The other side of the frontier: a right-wing perspective on the northern cattle industry

Series 2: Land and sea management

Date

Speaker(s)

Topic

29 Jul

Patrick Sullivan, AIATSIS

The limits of land title - new approaches for Aboriginal control of land in the Kimberley

12 Aug

Sandie Suchet-Pearson, Macquarie University

Reflections on/of wildlife management: Indigenous knowledges and wildlife management in Australia, Canada and southern Africa

19 Aug

Cathy Robinson, University of NSW at ADFA

From ferals in the wilderness to caring for Kakadu with buffalo

26 Aug

Benjamin Smith, Griffith University

Whither 'Certainty'? Coexistence, Change and Repercussions of Native Title in Northern Queensland

02 Sep

Rodney Dillon, ATSIC Commissioner for Tasmania

Seeing the Sea: Science, Change and Indigenous Sea Rights

09 Sep

Jon Altman, Director, CAEPR

The Eastern Guninggu (Kuninjku) customary economy: Harvesters yesterday, today and tomorrow

16 Sep

Anthony Esposito, Coordinator, Native Title and Protected Areas Project

Land and sea rights - an environmental perspective on traditional ownership, native title and the tenure system in Australia

08 Oct

Chels Marshall, Community Negotiator for the Gumbaynggirr community;
Rachel Connell, Legal Officer, NSW Native Title Services

From the theory of joint management to the reality - traditional owners' rights and interests as holistic land management within the protected area reserve system in NSW

14 Oct

Dermot Smyth, School of Tropical and Environmental Studies, James Cook University

Friends, Romans, and Countrymen - Nurturing Cultural Landscapes in Spain and Australia

21 Oct

Glen Kelly, Western Australian Aboriginal Native Title Working Group

An examination of the performance of the Western Australian Government with respect to Indigenous land policy matters

29 Oct

Jocelyn Davies, Adelaide University;
Dana Thomsen, Adelaide University

The commercial kangaroo industry: issues and opportunities for Aboriginal people in South Australia

2002 Occasional seminars

21 Oct

Peter Brand, FirstVoices Project coordinator, Victoria, British Columbia

FirstVoices: an online archive for Indigenous languages