Table of Contents

Note to the 2014 edition by Peter White
Preface by Nicolas Peterson and Bruce Rigsby

1. Introduction by Nicolas Peterson and Bruce Rigsby
2. A survey of property theory and tenure types by Bruce Rigsby
3. Reimagining sea space: from Grotius to Mabo by Nonie Sharp
4. Aboriginal fishing rights on the New South Wales south coast: a court case by Scott Cane
5. Use and continuity in the customary marine tenure of the Whitsunday Islands by Bryce Barker
6. Salt water, fresh water and Yawuru social organisation by Patrick Sullivan
7. Marine tenure in the Wellesley Islands region, Gulf of Carpentaria by Paul Memmott and David Trigger
8. ‘We always look north’: Yanyuwa identity and the maritime environment by John J. Bradley
9. Customary marine tenure at Groote Eylandt by Peter Cooke and Gowan Armstrong
10. Gapu Dhulway, Gapu Maramba: conceptualisation and ownership of saltwater among the Burarra and Yan-nhangu peoples of northeast Arnhem Land by Geoffrey Bagshaw
11. Ownership and resource use on islands off the Liverpool River, Northern Territory by Peter Cooke and Gowan Armstrong
12. The Sandbeach People and the dugong hunters of Eastern Cape York Peninsula: property in land and sea country by Bruce Rigsby and Athol Chase
13. The Sea of Waubin: the Kaurareg and their marine environment by Michael Southon and the Kaurareg Tribal Elders
14. The promise of native title and the predicament of customary marine tenure by Sandra Pannell

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This collection of papers explores the concept of customary marine tenure in Australia and discusses some of its implications.

About the Author

Nicolas Peterson is a professor of anthropology at the Australian National University.

Bruce Rigsby is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Queensland.