Uluru : an Aboriginal history of Ayers Rock / Robert Layton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layton, Robert, 1944-

Contributor:

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.)--History.

Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.).

Aboriginal Australians--History.

Aboriginal Australians.

History.

Aboriginal Australians--Land tenure.

Pitjantjatjara (Australian people).

Yankunytjatjara (Australian people).

Physical Description:

x, 139 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 x 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1989.

Contents:

Part 1 Traditions 1

1. The tjukurrpa 3

2. Living off the land 17

3. Land ownership 39

Part 2 Conflict and Change 51

4. Exploration 53

5. European use of land 61

6. The Aboriginal response 77

Part 3 Land Rights 91

7. The recognition of Aboriginal rights 93

8. The Uluru land claim 105

Appendix A A comparison of Mountford's and Harney's accounts of the main sites at Uluru 120

Appendix B Pitjantjatjara and Yankuntjatjara place names 121

Appendix C Use of natural resources in and adjacent to claim area during period of fieldwork 127.

Notes:

"First published in 1986 by Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies ... Reprinted with additions 1989"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.

ISBN:

0855752025

OCLC:

29012312