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May/June 2002 May/June 2002 arch/April 2002 May/June 2002 No.3/2002 May/June 2002 No.3/2002 The Native Title Newsletter is published on a bi-monthly basis. The newsletter includes a Contents summary of native title as reported in the News from the Native Title press. Although the summary canvasses me- Research Research Unit Unit 2 dia from around Australia, it is not intended to be an exhaustive review of de- Features velopments. NativeAn update Title onBusiness the British -Travelling Columbia Art The Native Title Newsletter also includes Treaty Process by Mark McMillan 3 Exhibition 5 contributions from people involved in native title research and processes. Views ex- YortaMaMu Yorta Canopy – CourtWalk Report 7 pressed in the contributions are those of the by Lisa Strelein 7 Ngarla Pilbara Leadership Training authors and do not necessarily reflect the CourseNative title in the news 119 views of the Australian Institute of Aborigi- nal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. NativeApplications title in the news 10 13 Notifications 14 Applications 15 Recent publications 14 NativeNotifications Title Research Unit publications 16 STOP PRESS Recent Publications 16 The Native Title Conference 2002: Outcomes and Possibilities Geraldton 3 -5 September Native Title Research Unit publications 17 Registrations close 16 August The Newsletter is now available in ELECTRONIC format. This will provide a FASTER service for you, and will make possible much greater distribution. If you would like to SUBSCRIBE to the Native Title Newsletter electronically, please send us an email on [email protected], and you will be helping us pro- vide a better service. Electronic subscription will replace the postal service, please include your postal address so we can cross check our records. Promoting knowledge and understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures, past and present NEWS FROM THE NATIVE TITLE RESEARCH UNIT International speakers confirmed For more information see the Provisional We are delighted to announce that we have Program or contact Patrick McConvell on two international guests who will give pa- <[email protected]>. pers at The Native Title Conference 2002 in Geraldton in September. Treaty website Mr Jerald Gomez, senior counsel repre- senting the Orang Asli in the recent Bukit A website outlining the history of the Treaty Tampoi decision in Malaysia, will be giving a campaign was launched on July 3 2002 at Plenary address. Mr Gomez represented the the AIATSIS. The treaty website details the Orang Asli in their claims for land rights account of the struggle by Indigenous Aus- and compensation. The decision in favour tralians for their rights to be recognised in of the Orang Asli is seen as a landmark for the form of a treaty. The website will be a the recognition of Indigenous peoples' land significant contribution to the contemporary rights in Malaysia. Treaty debate and the future relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Hugh Braker QC is our second international Australians. speaker. Mr Braker is a member of the Tse- shaht First Nation of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth The website focuses on six areas: the Na- Tribal Council in Canada. He has worked tional Aboriginal Conference Proposal for a extensively on Indigenous issues in British Treaty of Commitment or Makarrata, the Columbia. Aboriginal Treaty Committee, the Aborigi- nal Sovereign Treaty '88 Campaign, the 1981 Other Plenary speakers include Geoff Clark, Senate Standing Committee report Two Dr Mick Dodson, Justice Robert French, Hundred Years Later, the Burunga Statement, Prof Marcia Langton, Graeme Neate, Noel Community Action for Rights, the AIATSIS Pearson, Daryl Williams, AM QC MP and Seminar Series on Treaty and links to other Hal Wootten AC QC. current debates. For a copy of the brochure and registration The merger of this important history, as form see the web page at - stored in the Institute's collections, and new http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/rsrch/ntru/ntru_ media technologies has been made possible conferences.htm through an ATSIC funded digitisation pro- or telephone 02 6246 1161, or email gram grant. The website marks the begin- [email protected] ning of a series of projects which will enable quick comprehensive access for those who wish to learn from history for the benefit of Workshop on Genealogies the future. AIATSIS is hosting a workshop on the The website is located at preparation and use of genealogies, espe- www.aiatsis.gov.au/treaty.htm cially in applied social science and Australian Indigenous studies. The workshop is being run by Patrick McConvell (Research Fellow) Two new Issues Papers and Grace Koch (Native Title Research Unit). The unit has published two new Issues Pa- pers. The May Issues Paper number 15, 'Preserving culture in Federal Court pro- ceedings: Gender restrictions and anthro- Native Title Newsletter No. 3/2002 2 pological experts' is by Greg McIntyre and of music with land. The book, Dyirbal Song Geoffrey Bagshaw. The paper considers Poetry: the oral literature of an Australian rainfor- how gender restricted evidence in native title est people, which she co-authored with claims is often an integral feature required to R.M.W. Dixon, won the 1996/1997 Stanner establish and substantiate connections to Prize jointly with the Bringing Them Home country. The authors' argue that the Federal Report. She has also done work in oral his- Court has to consider the public interest in tory and was compiler of the book, Kaytetye respecting the cultural concern of native title Country: an Aboriginal History of the Barrow claimants. The paper discusses the Federal Creek area. Grace has lectured on aspects of Court's approach to these issues in two re- Aboriginal music and society both nationally cent cases, Yarmirr and Ward. and internationally, presenting courses and seminars in Rome, Paris, Vienna, the U.S.A. The June Issues Paper, number 16, is by Sir and Australia. Anthony Mason, AC KBE and is titled 'The international concept of equality of interest Grace has been a contract researcher with in the sea as it affects the conservation of the Central Land Council for three land the environment and Indigenous interests.' claims and the Davenport-Murchison and This paper explores how the claim for col- Hatches Creek Township Native Title lective international exploitation of marine Claim. Her work has concentrated on gene- and submarine resources has been associ- alogies, women’s ritual and songs. ated in more recent times with the concept of the 'common heritage of mankind.' Ma- Since 1980 Grace has been active in the In- son argues that if such a concept is to be ternational Association of Sound and used, it would need to be adapted to benefit Audiovisual Archives (IASA), serving as Indigenous people. chair of two committees and Editor of the Association and, presently, as interim Sec- retary of the new Research Archives Com- New staff member mittee, which will have a strong focus on the protection of Indigenous intellectual We will miss Angela Terrill, Native Title Re- property rights as related to audiovisual search and Access Officer, who left at the materials, which is one of her main areas of end of June to take up a grant with the Max interest. In 1999, Grace, along with two In- Planck Institute on Endangered Languages. digenous representatives from Australia, was She has moved to Nijmegen, in the Nether- an invited participant to the Unesco semi- lands, to work with a team on this exciting nar, 'A Global Assessment of the 1989 Rec- project, which is funded for three years. ommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore…' That Grace Koch is the new Research and Access same year, she was funded by the Ford Officer. She has worked AIATSIS since Foundation to present issues of protection 1975 in the Audiovisual Archives, and has of Indigenous intellectual property at a had many positions, including Sound Archi- workshop on research archives held in vist (Oral History and Music), Manager Manesar, India. (Audiovisual Collections) and most recently, in the Audiovisual Access Unit. She has Grace looks forward to helping clients, ex- been a Member of AIATSIS since 1982. tending networks and increasing her knowl- edge of native title issues. Grace’s academic background is in musicol- ogy, and she has published analyses of Aus- tralian Indigenous music jointly with Library news linguists such as Luise Hercus, Paul Black and R.M.W. Dixon as well as a number of The Library is a vital part of the Institute encyclopaedia entries on the music of Cen- with a diverse range of material held in its tral Australia, Cape York and the connection collections. Native Title Newsletter No. 3/2002 3 Services protected by an electronic security system, The Library is open to the general public for and do not circulate outside the Library. A study and reference. Contact the Library on conservator is on staff to undertake work on 02 6246 1182 or email li- collections. [email protected]. A specialist informa- tion service is available for those researching Recently the Library added over 600 manu- family history. The Family History Unit can script records to the Register of Australian be contacted on [email protected]. A Archives and Manuscripts web site hosted freecall service is available for Indigenous by the National Library of Australia. clients. The number is 1800 730 129. RAAM provides researchers with a conven- ient, centralised register of locations for The AIATSIS Library contains one of the primary research material. It can be ac- most comprehensive collections of print cessed at http://www.nla.gov.au/raam/ materials on Australian Indigenous studies in the world. You can search the catalogue Library staff welcome your enquiries and on line at http://mura.aiatsis.gov.au.
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