ABORIGINAL WEST AUSTRALIANA

“This remarkable book – New Legend – tells the story of the Kimberley peoples’ long struggle to maintain their Law, Culture, languages and land through many kinds of adversity. It offers an extraordinary insight into the continuing importance of traditional structures and beliefs for Aboriginal people in the Kimberley today. It describes, in the words of senior Law people and younger leaders, the means by which Kimberley groups have managed to sustain their traditions and cultural strength by developing grassroots support structures that both represent and cater to the many different language groups in the region.”

• 214 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cm. Reprint of 2006 edition. #171224
• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
  • Councils – Land Councils
  • Hunting, gathering and fishing
  • Dance – Ceremonial
  • Law – Indigenous
  • Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52)

  Subject:

  • Aboriginal Australians — Legal status, laws, etc. — Western Australia — Kimberley
  • Customary law — Western Australia — Kimberley
  • Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Kimberley — Politics and government
  • Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Kimberley — Government relations
  • Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Kimberley — Social life and customs