Macquarie atlas of Indigenous Australia /

The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia is a unique tool for exploring and understanding the lives and cultures of Australia's First Peoples. An atlas can represent, in graphic form, a pattern of human activities in space and time. This second edition of the award-winning Macquarie Atlas of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Australian National University, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Other Authors:	Arthur, W. S. (William Stewart) (Editor), Morphy, Francis (Editor), Dodson, P. L. (Patrick L.) (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Sydney : Macquarie, 2019.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Aboriginal Australians > Names. Aboriginal Australians > Encyclopedias. Aboriginal Australians > Economic conditions. Aboriginal Australians > Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians > Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians > Maps. Aboriginal Australians > History > Maps. Torres Strait Islanders > Encyclopedias. Torres Strait Islanders > Economic conditions. Torres Strait Islanders > Social life and customs. Torres Strait Islanders > Social conditions. Torres Strait Islanders > Maps. Indigenous peoples > Australia > Maps. Human geography > Australia > Maps. Indigenous peoples > Australia. Australia > Maps. Australia > Historical geography > Maps.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1. Navigating the atlas
Section I: The Socio-Cultural Space. Ch. 2. Representations of space and place. Ch. 3. Environment, ecology and country. Ch. 4. Migration and deep history. Ch. 5. Technology and material culture. Ch. 6. Population and patterns of residence. Ch. 7. Languages past and present. Ch. 8. Social and cultural life. Ch. 9. The southern night sky. Ch. 10. The visual arts. Ch. 11. Performing arts, sport and games
Section II: The Socio-Economic Space. Ch. 12. Land and water ownership and use. Ch. 13. Health and wellbeing. Ch. 14. Housing and infrastructure. Ch. 15. Economic life. Ch. 16. Education and training
Section III: The Socio-Political Space. Ch. 17. The colonial encounter. 18. Governance and political participation. Ch. 19. Social justice. Ch. 20. Placenames of indigenous origin. Ch. 21. Evolving patterns of research.