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Boobera Lagoon, a focus for reconciliation, Richard Buchhorn

Label
Boobera Lagoon, a focus for reconciliation, Richard Buchhorn
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography: page 36
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Boobera Lagoon
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Richard Buchhorn
Series statement
Catholic social justice series,, no. 30, 1324-6879
Sub title
a focus for reconciliation
Summary
Outlines the traditional importance of the Boobera Lagoon and area to all local Aboriginal people - the Kurrea sacred story; the colonial history of that area; the cases brought to safeguard the lagoon from desecration and polluting misuse from 1970s to 1997; as an example of Australia's colonial history and attitudes, their continuation, and possibilities for change and reconciliation
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