Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Issue

1

Publication Title

Gateways : International Journal of Community Research and Engagement

First Page

31

Last Page

47

Abstract

The forty or more different clan groups of Australian Aboriginal people who Jive on or near the coast and islands of north-east Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, are collectively known as Yolngu. Yolngu law dictates that all marriages must be outside the clan group, a principle which has given rise to complex ceremonial and economic exchange relationships among quite separate groups. Consequently, Yolngu have a strong tradition of negotiation across cultural boundaries s, while sharing carefully and respectfully with non-Yolngu was already an established practice before the Europeans arrived, as Yolngu worked for, and traded with Macassans who came annually to their shores from the north-west, from what is now known as Indonesia.

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