Some things do change: indigenous rights, geographers and geography in Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-173

  Howitt, Richard ^a   Jackson, Sue ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031664451     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189808703212     Document Type: Article

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