Subject headings

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Use Aboriginal Australians and then such terms as:

• Antiquities
• Art
• Biography
• Child welfare
• Civil rights
• Criminal justice system
• Drama
• Economic conditions
• Education
• Employment
• Ethnic identity
• Fiction
• Folklore
• Government relations
• Historiography
• History
• Housing
• Interviews
• Kinship
• Land tenure
• Languages
• Legal status, laws etc
• Legends
• Medical care
• Missions
• Music
• Politics and government
• Reserves
• Rites and ceremonies
• Social conditions
• Social life and customs
• Songs and music
• Treaties
• Treatment
• Victoria

Other subject search terms:

• Aboriginal Australians in art
• Aboriginal Australians in literature
• Aboriginal Australians in motion pictures
• Australia. High Court. Mabo and others v. State of Queensland
• Ethnology Australia
• Land use Australia
• Land tenure Australia
• Native title (Australia)
• Race discrimination
• Race relations
• Racism
• Sacred sites (Australian Aboriginal)
• Stolen generations (Australia)
• Torres Strait Islanders
• Women, Aboriginal Australian

Also look for particular groups eg Kurnai (Australian people); Pitjantjatjara (Australian people); Yolngu (Australian people)

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