Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901 Exhibitions David shares his insight

David shares his insight

This fifth edition continues the story

carved canoe prows and feathered gods

but we know it is at risk

Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901 Exhibitions David shares his insightAs Australia became a nation in 1901, no one anticipated that 'Aboriginal affairs' would become an on going national preoccupation. Not 'dying out' as predicted, Aboriginal numbers recovered and along with Torres Strait Islanders they became an articulate presence, aggrieved at colonial authority's interventions into family life and continuing dispossession. Indigenous and Other Australians since 1901 narrates their recovery not only in numbers but in