Papers by Maureen M Fuary
Draft Cultural Heritage Values in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park World Heritage Area Recommendations for Research and Management
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2000
Book review of "The Affinal Relationship System: a new approach to kinship and marriage among the AustralianAborigines at Port Keats" by Aslaug Falkenberg and Johannes Falkenberg, Oslo Studies in Social AnthropologyNo. 1. Ethnographic Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
The Affinal Relationship System represents both a reworking and extended analysis of an earlier (... more The Affinal Relationship System represents both a reworking and extended analysis of an earlier (1962), publication Kin & Totem based on anthropological fieldwork carried out by the authors at Port Keats (NT) in 1950. They make no excuses for their departure from some of their earlier claims made in Kin & Totem, openly admitting that so powerful was Radcliffe-Brown's influence in anthropology at that time, that they (albeit unwillingly) straightjacketed their data into this model of Aboriginal social organization. In this later publication, they argue that among the Murinbata at least, genealogical links do not form the basis of the kinship system as maintained by Radcliffe-Brown, but that rather it is the affinal relationship system which is the major organizing principle.
Walter Edmund Roth: ethnographic collector and Aboriginal protector
Walter Roth ranks among the most prolific collectors of Aboriginal artefacts from North Queenslan... more Walter Roth ranks among the most prolific collectors of Aboriginal artefacts from North Queensland, including the Wet Tropics, as well as being one of the leading ethnographers in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australia. He was also one of Queensland's first official Protectors of Aboriginals, appointed immediately after that colony introduced its now-infamous Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897. This paper explores Roth's twin careers as ethnographic collector and Aboriginal Protector, teasing out the connections and commonalities between the two. It was for his achievements in ethnography and collecting, as well as his medical expertise, that he was appointed to the Protectorship. He carried out both his anthropological work and his administrative duties with determination and dedication. Yet his continuing activities as an ethnographer and collector contributed substantially to his downfall as a senior figure in Aboriginal administration....
Artefacts, Collectors and the Definition of a ‘Region’ in the Tropics of North Queensland
Cape York Connections: ‘Past’ and ‘Present’ in North Western Cape York
No News is Good News: An example of Community Response to Death in the Torres Strait
This paper addresses community response to death on Yam Island in the Torres Strait. In a general... more This paper addresses community response to death on Yam Island in the Torres Strait. In a general sense, although response to death is similar on other Torres Strait islands and among Island populations resident on the mainland, there are significant differences between some of the islands in terms of the roles ascribed to specific kin at certain times. This paper therefore should not be regarded as anything more than a description of the social relations of death as they occur on Yam Island in the 1980s.
Community Cultural Centres Workshop
Introduction to the Torres Strait: A Brief Overview
Report Prepared for the Q.E.D. Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation for Legal Aid Services, concerning the Case of…[re dugong hunting around Mackay] 16 pp
This paper discusses child-rearing practices, including traditional adoption, in Torres Strait Is... more This paper discusses child-rearing practices, including traditional adoption, in Torres Strait Island families in Australia. In particular, it draws attention to the importance of the maternal uncle in the raising of children, as a means of advising workers in the helping professions that the father's roles and responsibilities do not necessarily mirror his role in non-indigenous families.
Cultural Resource Management Workshop
The Past Within the Present: Imagery and Identity on Yam Island
Thispaper represents a preliminary exploration and description of some of the ways in which a gro... more Thispaper represents a preliminary exploration and description of some of the ways in which a group of Torres Strait people with a unique cultural and historical experience, construct a collective identity, a sense of group self-consciousness and being. Through the recurrent use of certain images, through particular ways of relating to one another, and through specific ways of acting, some selected aspects of the past are brought forward and incorporated within the value system of the present. The assertion and affirmation of belonging provides a solid and familiar base from which Yam Island peopleas a minority group, may encounter and embrace the contemporary world. This cultural strength and confidence is effectively maintained and communicated through such techniques as story-telling, reminiscence, joking, dance, yarning and song; through ways of acting; and through the visiting and/or avoidance of significant cultural sites. Knowledge of this past and participation in its cultur...
The Cultural Heritage Values of Aboriginal Archaeological Sites and Associated Themes in and Adjacent to the Area Nominated for World Heritage Listing
Life B’Long Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait. Samantha Faulkner with Ali Drummond, 2007. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra. Reviewed in Aboriginal History 33: 294-298
DRIESSEN, Henk and Ton OTTO (eds) Perplexities of identification: anthro-pological studies in cultural differentiation and the use of resources. Aarhus: Aarhus …
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 2002
... DRIESSEN, Henk and Ton OTTO (eds) Perplexities of identification: anthro-pological studies in... more ... DRIESSEN, Henk and Ton OTTO (eds) Perplexities of identification: anthro-pological studies in cultural differentiation and the use of resources. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. 2000. ... The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 3(1) 2002:134-152 Page 2. BOOK REVIEWS 135 ...
Encounters With Indigeneity: Writing About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - By Jeremy Beckett
Oceania, 2016
The Anthropologist as Self and Other: Alterity, Entanglement & Resemblance
Book Review. No Ordinary Judgement: Mabo, The Murray Islanders' Land Case. Nonie Sharp. Aboriginal Studies Press. 1996
ABSTRACT Nonie Sharp's critical evaluation and analysis of the major twists and turns of ... more ABSTRACT Nonie Sharp's critical evaluation and analysis of the major twists and turns of the Murray Island Land Case (which culminated with Mabo v Queensland [No. 2] [1992] HCA 23; (1992) 175 CLR 1 in the High Court) is an important contribution to the burgeoning literature on native title in Australia. As an anthropologist who has been involved in this case from its inception, Sharp is uniquely placed to give us a particular view and reading of the ways in which the Murray Island plaintiffs and their counsel put their case for having traditional ownership of land recognised. The courtroom drama is the central context within which Sharp explores the major moments and turning points in the case, as it moved between the High Court and the Supreme Court of Queensland over a period of 10 years.
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