The Wentworth Lectures: Honouring fifty years of Australian Indigenous Studies

By Robert Tonkinson

The Wentworth Lectures commemorate Sir William (Bill) Wentworth's role in the founding of AIATSIS in 1964. The development of ethical research in Australia and shifting social attitudes are reflected in this essay collection. They are a perfect emblem of Australia's evolving nationhood and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first peoples of the land, of their tenacity and journey to reclaim and preserve their identity, their history, their cultural heritage - their stories. In the thirty-six years since the first lecture, there have been eighteen Wentworth lecturers, all of whom were allowed wide rein as to the topic and content.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922059730
• ISBN13: 9781922059734
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"