Aboriginal Studies

The focus of this international Indigenous community: Comparative study is on the similarities and differences in the experiences of Indigenous communities that have suffered the loss of sovereignty and the ongoing social, cultural, economic and political effects of colonisation. 

The focus of Heritage and Identity is on Aboriginal social systems, the diversity of Aboriginal social and cultural life, and the inpact of invasion and colonisation on Aboriginal culture and social life, with reference to an Australian Aboriginal community. 

The focus of Aboriginality and the Land is Aboriginal peoples' relationship to Country and the impact of disposession and colonisation on the relationship, with reference to an Australian Aboriginal community.