Corporate Body

Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (1964 - 1990)

From
2 June 1964
Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
To
5 March 1990
Functions
Indigenous Affairs and Education
Reference No
CA 864
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Acton, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was established in June 1964. Its functions included the sponsoring and fostering of research, as well as the publication of results. The Institute was replaced by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in March 1990.

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 1964 - 1990 Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
       1990 - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Related People

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Mulvaney, John, 'Conflict and the rituals of diplomacy: Les Hiatt and the AIAS' in Scholar and sceptic: Australian Aboriginal studies in honour of L. R. Hiatt, Merlan, Francesca, Morton, John and Rumsey, Alan, eds (Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1997). Details

Edited Books

  • Chapman, Valerie C; Read, Peter ed., Terrible hard biscuits: A reader in Aboriginal history (St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin, 1996), xv, 284 pp. Pages 3-4, 20, 22. Details

Journal Articles

Resources

Resource Sections

See also

  • Gale, Fay ed., Women's role in Aboriginal society (Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1970), 84 pp. Details
  • Gale, Fay ed., We are bosses ourselves: the status and role of Aboriginal women today (Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1993), 175 pp. Details

Ailie Smith

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