The Aboriginal Copyright Cases

Cover of The Aboriginal Copyright Cases
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Amala Groom: Cosmic Body of remembrance
Feature
Hannah Donnelly

Published 01 June 2019
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imagineNATIVE at 20
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Pauline Clague in conversation with Jason Ryle

Published 01 June 2019
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Sydney Elders: Continuing Aboriginal Stories

State Library of NSW

Feature
Jonathan Jones

Published 01 June 2019
Churchie
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Speaking back to colonial collections: Building living to Aboriginal archives
Feature
Kirsten Thorpe

Published 01 June 2019
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Unravelling the past: Barbed wire and campfire learnings
Feature
Ali Cobby Eckermann

Published 01 June 2019
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Dark Emu: Thank the Earth
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Bruce Pascoe

Published 01 June 2019
Riddoch
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Deaths in custody: We've got to give it everything
Feature
Lorena Allum

Published 01 June 2019
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Indigenous storytelling: Deconstructing the archetype
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Pauline Clague

Published 01 June 2019

At the 1988 Conference in Broome the author spoke of the growing unlawful use of Aboriginal art by T shirt companies and the fashion industry generally.

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