‘Nothing never change’: mapping land, water and Aboriginal identity in the changing environments of northern Australia's Gulf Country

Settler Colonial Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 317-333

  Martin, Richard J ^a   Trigger, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85021003767     PISSN: 2201473X     EISSN: 18380743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2201473X.2014.1000906     Document Type: Article

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