Dispossession is a Legitimate Experience

Darug people, that is, the Aboriginal clans of Sydney’s west, claim that they are entitled to the privileges and responsibilities that derive from their clear heritage of Aboriginal descent. They assert that they have always been so entitled, the more so since they formed themselves into two corpora...

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Published in	Long History, Deep Time p. 119
Main Author	Peter Read
Format	Book Chapter
Language	English
Published	Australia ANU Press 2015
Subjects	Aboriginal Australians Anthropology Behavioral sciences Building service employees Child molestation Children Cleaning staff Communications Councils Criminal law Criminal offenses Custodians Economic disciplines Economics Employment Ethnic groups Ethnology Gangs Government Group identity Human geography Human populations Human societies Indigenous peoples Interviews Labor economics Law Local government Occupations Persons Political geography Political science Population studies Psychology Recorded interviews Sexual assault Sexual misconduct Sexual offenses Social groups Social psychology Social sciences Sociology Treaty lands Tribal land Video interviews
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Summary:	Darug people, that is, the Aboriginal clans of Sydney’s west, claim that they are entitled to the privileges and responsibilities that derive from their clear heritage of Aboriginal descent. They assert that they have always been so entitled, the more so since they formed themselves into two corporations. These are the Darug Custodians Aboriginal Corporation, and the Darug Tribal Elders.² Since becoming incorporated in 1997, the two Darug groups meet regularly for social functions, offer Welcomes to Country, produce books and maintain a vigorous cultural centre.³ They cannot, however, form another Local Aboriginal Land Council because, under the terms of
ISBN:	9781925022520 1925022528