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The Nations of Australia

From: From Subjects to Citizens

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It is still the case that Indigenous people have neither a clear nor a just place within the ambit of the Australian polity. This fact, and the continuing disputes over the status of Indigenous people within the political discourse of the nation, are fraught hanging threads in the fabric of the contemporary Australian state.

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Marcia Langton

Marcia Langton holds the Foundation Chair of Indigenous Studies at Melbourne University. Previously she held the Ranger Chair of Aboriginal Studies at Northern Territory University where she cofounded the Centre for Indigenous, Natural and Cultural Resource Management. One of Australia's leading authorities on contemporary social issues in Aboriginal affairs, she has many years' experience as an anthropologist working in indigenous affairs with land councils, the Queensland government, commissions and universities. She has published extensively on Aboriginal affairs issues including land, resource and social impact issues, indigenous dispute processing, policing and substance abuse, gender, identity processing, art, film and cultural studies. She is currently teaching on media and cultural difference, native title, managing heritage and cultural environments and field studies in Arnhem Land. Professor Langton was awarded an AM in 1993 for services to anthropology and advocacy of Aboriginal rights.