Contents

People from the Dawn:

Religion, Homeland, and Privacy
in Australian Aboriginal Culture

W. E. H. Stanner and John Hilary Martin

C O N T E N T S

Preface…iv
Foreword…x

SECTION I:
W. E. H. STANNER

THE WORK OF W. E. H. STANNER
By John Hilary Martin…3

SECTION II
ABORIGINAL RELIGION

A COMMENTARY ON STANNER’S ON THE STUDY OF ABORIGINAL RELIGION
By John Hilary Martin…25

ON THE STUDY OF ABORIGINAL RELIGION
By W. E. H. Stanner…33

SECTION III
ABORIGINAL LANDS

THE GREAT SILENCE
By John Hilary Martin…69

THE YIRRKALA LAND CASE
By W. E. H. Stanner…73

STANNER’S APPROACH TO LAND RIGHTS
By John Hilary Martin…89

SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ABORIGINAL LAND HOLDING
By W. E. H. Stanner…103

LAND AS ABORIGINAL PROPERTY
By W. E. H. Stanner…119

RETROSPECTIVE
By W. E. H. Stanner…127

THE LAND RIGHTS COMMISSION
By John Hilary Martin…135

THE LAND RIGHTS MOVEMENT
By W. E. H. Stanner…137

SECTION IV
THE CONCEPT OF PRIVACY

AN INTRODUCTION TO STANNER’S CONCEPT OF PRIVACY
By John Hilary Martin…147

PRIVACY AND THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
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By W. E. H. Stanner…151

Glossary
Index
Selected Works