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Aboriginal Property Rights

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Williams Nancy M.. The Yolngu and Their Land: A System of Land Tenure and the Fight for Its Recognition. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1986). Illustrations, notes, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index. $35.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
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Today, the original indigenous peoples of Australia comprise but one percent of the total population, numbering less than a quarter million. Living in rural communities, religious reserves and shanty towns, the greatest number are found in Queensland. However, in the Northern Territory, the subject of The Yolngu and their Land, the Aborigines make up twenty-five percent of the population.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , 1988 , pp. 1055 - 1057
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Copyright © 1988 The Law and Society Association.

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