The welcome to country handbook : a guide to Indigenous Australia / Marcia Langton.

Richmond, Vic. Hardie Grant Explore, 2023.

1st edition

202168

Aboriginal Australians -- History.

Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.

Indigenous peoples -- Australia.

Native title (Australia)

Stolen generations (Australia)

Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs -- History -- Social life and customs -- History.

1. Pre-colonial history

2. Becoming Australia

3. On survival

4. A rightful place

5. Cultural diversity and resilience

6. Language and country

7. Kinship and country

8. Knowledge

9. Art

10. Performance

11. Storytelling

12. Native title

13. The stolen generations

14. Business and tourism

15. Cultural awareness for visitors

16. Undoing racist Australia

17. Looking to the future for indigenous Australia.

The welcome to country handbook : a guide to indigenous Australia. The definitive book that introduces readers from all backgrounds to First Nations histories and cultures. The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton AO is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, histories and cultures. Drawn from the bestselling Welcome to Country, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource for cultural awareness training in the workplace or classroom. The chapters cover precolonial and post-colonial history, language, kinship, knowledge, art, performance, storytelling, native title, the Stolen Generations, making a rightful place for First Australians and looking to the future for Indigenous Australia. A new introduction as well as a chapter on racism has been written especially for this handbook, and all information has been checked and updated. Looking through these pages, photos and reading Professor Langton's profound words, you will quickly appreciate how lucky we are to be the home of the world’s oldest continuing civilisation – which is both diverse and thriving in Australia today. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781741178227

286 pages : b&w photographs, b&w map ; 24 cm