Throwing Off the Cloak

Reclaiming Self-reliance in Torres Strait

By: Elizabeth Osborne

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Paperback | 1 October 2009

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Thorough and dynamic, this chronicle focuses on the people of Australia's Torres Strait Island and their evolving struggles for recognition. Underscoring the voices of the Torres Strait Islanders themselves, this account explores the indigenous response to colonization and outlines two decades worth of clashes with governments and other entities who exploited the islanders' seabed resources. This examination also discusses the debates over the islanders' attempts to recover their rights-to make decisions on their own behalf as well as to reacquire the land, sea, and fish supply-once governmental policies became less dismissive of indigenous aspirations and concern for their welfare increased.

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This is a passionately-written and valuable chronicle of events of great significance to the recent history of Torres Strait and has broader resonances for the future of remote Aboriginal mainland communities. --Dr. Anna Shnukal, Queensland Museum

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Ethnic Studies Indigenous Peoples

Illustrations	p. v
Informants	p. vi
Clusters of island communities in Torres Strait	p. vii
Map of Torres Strait and surrounds	p. viii
Map of islands of the Torres Strait	p. ix
Shortened forms	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. xiii
The early years	p. 1
Paternalism challenged	p. 21
The growth of political activism	p. 43
Political momentum	p. 71
Ownership of land and sea	p. 88
Traditional ownership of the sea's resources	p. 117
Greater autonomy	p. 135
Reflexions	p. 158
References	p. 168
Index	p. 176
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Throwing Off the Cloak

Reclaiming Self-reliance in Torres Strait

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