Customary Marine Tenure in Australia
(Paperback, First published in 1998 by Oceania Publications)
Publishing Details
Customary Marine Tenure in Australia
By (Author) Emeritus Professor Nicolas Peterson
Edited by Bruce Rigsby
Sydney University Press
Sydney University Press
19th February 2014
First published in 1998 by Oceania Publications
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Cultural studies: customs and traditions
Indigenous peoples
Physical Properties
Paperback
408
Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 23mm
545g
Description
Most Australians are familiar with the concept of land ownership and understand the meaning of native title, which recognises Indigenous peoples' rights to land to which they are spiritually or culturally connected. The ownership of areas of the sea and its resources is often overlooked however, despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections with the sea being just as important as those with the land.
The papers in this volume demonstrate how the concept of customary marine tenure has developed in various communities and look at some of its implications. Originating in a session of papers at a conference in 1996, the papers in this volume were originally published as Oceania Monograph 48 in 1998.
Author Bio
Nicolas Peterson is a professor of anthropology at the Australian National University.
Bruce Rigsby is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Queensland.
