Anthropology Pure and Profane: The Politics of Applied Research in Aboriginal Australia

In his judgement, Justice Kirby found that section 51 (xxvi) ‘does not extend to the enactment of laws detrimental to or discriminatory against, the people of any race (including the Aboriginal race) by reference to their race’.* Pengelley, Nicholas, ‘Hindmarsh Island Bridge Act – Must Laws Based on the Race Power be for the Benefit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders- and What has Bridge Building got to do with the Race Power Anyway’ (1998) 20 Sydney Law Review 144.Section 25 reads: For the purposes of the last section, if by the law of any State all persons of any race are disqualified from voting at elections for the more numerous House of the Parliament of the State, then, in reckoning the number of the people of the State or o...

I would like to capture the movement of Australian Aboriginal tradition to a more modern society by incorporating Dr.Langton’s works as well as the work of National Geographic Journalist, Michael Finkel.Shafer, Jack 2007 The Return of Michael Finkel; The Work of the Disgraced Times Magazine Writer Appears on the Cover of National Geographic.The indigenous Australian’s society has been thoroughly researched by many social sciences through the decades.Dr. Langton has attempted to disprove common myths about the infamous Australian society, as has her predecessors, the Berndt’s, and National Geographic author, Michael Finkel; I will attempt to do the same.Her article, Anthropology, Politics and the Changing World of Aboriginal Australians, ...

Up until the implementation of the NT Intervention, self-determination had helped Indigenous begin to claim their right to autonomy, however, after the NT Intervention was implemented this right to autonomy was pushed to the side along with self-determination.The recognition of self-determination for Indigenous Australians is fundamental for improving the relationship between the Commonwealth of Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.In 1995, the Keating government commissioned the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to inquire into the separation of Aboriginal children from their families (Reilly, 2009:97).The move in Land Rights has increased Indigenous peoples ability to express their rights and ...