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Archaeology and education in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sarah Colley
Sarah Colley*
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology, Building A14, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia, sarah.colley@archaeology.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

Aboriginal, Historical and Maritime archaeology have been taught in Australian universities since the 1960s, and archaeology has made major contributions to our understanding of Australia's past. Yet many Australians are still more interested in archaeology overseas than in Australia itself. This partly reflects Australia's history as a former British colony which currently has a minority of indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, many of whom regard archaeology as yet another colonial imposition which at best is largely irrelevant to their own understanding of their history. Present government policies empower Aboriginal people to veto certain kinds of archaeological research they do not agree with. At minimum this may require archaeologists to engage in what can become protracted consultation, with uncertain outcomes.

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AustraliaAboriginal culturehistorical archaeologyeducationuniversitiesschools

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Special section: Archaeology in education
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000, pp. 171 - 177
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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