Northern Territory: Contesting White Knowledge: Yolngu Stories From World War II

Northern Territory: Contesting White Knowledge: Yolngu Stories From World War II Noah Riseman, 2010   Little has been written about the history of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, during World War II. Written evidence derives primarily from mission, police, and military records. The most prolific written material comes from the anthropologist Dr. Donald Thomson, who led a Yolngu guerilla and scouting unit in 1942-3. Thomson presents the Yolngu participation as...

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