Finding common ground? Spaces of dialogue and the negotiation of Indigenous interests in environmental campaigns in Australia

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-79

  Pickerill, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Australia; Barmah Millewa; Cape York; Common ground; Country; Dialogue; Environment; Indigenous; Land rights; Place; Postcolonialism; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND RIGHTS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POST-COLONIALISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BARMAH-MILLEWA FOREST; CAPE YORK; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; QUEENSLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 58049179028     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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