The People of K’Gari/Fraser Island: Working through 250 Years of Racial Double Coding
Genealogy is important to Aboriginal societies in Australia because it lets us know who has a right to speak for country. Our genealogy binds us to our traditional country as sovereign nations—clans with distinct languages, ceremony, laws, rights and responsibilities. Since the Native Title Act 1993...
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| description | Genealogy is important to Aboriginal societies in Australia because it lets us know who has a right to speak for country. Our genealogy binds us to our traditional country as sovereign nations—clans with distinct languages, ceremony, laws, rights and responsibilities. Since the Native Title Act 1993 was passed by the Keating government, hundreds of Native Title claims have been lodged. The first Native Title claim to be lodged on Badtjala/Butchulla country was in 1996 by my great aunty, Olga Miller, followed by the Butchulla People #2 and the Butchulla People (Land & Sea Claim #2). Consent determination was awarded for K’gari (Fraser Island) in 2014 and for the mainland claim in 2019. As a sovereign nation, we have undergone many decades of deprivational longing—physically separated from our island, but in plain view. This article is written from a Badtjala lens, mapping generations of my Wondunna clan family through the eyes of an artist-academic who has created work since 1986 invested in cultural responsibility. With the accompanying film, <i>Out of the Sea Like Cloud</i>, I recenter the Badtjala history from a personal and local perspective, that incorporates national and international histories. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f8a2eb88d1544d29954bc6249bb65462023-11-20T06:10:34ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782020-07-01437410.3390/genealogy4030074The People of K’Gari/Fraser Island: Working through 250 Years of Racial Double CodingFiona Foley0Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, South Brisbane 4101, AustraliaGenealogy is important to Aboriginal societies in Australia because it lets us know who has a right to speak for country. Our genealogy binds us to our traditional country as sovereign nations—clans with distinct languages, ceremony, laws, rights and responsibilities. Since the Native Title Act 1993 was passed by the Keating government, hundreds of Native Title claims have been lodged. The first Native Title claim to be lodged on Badtjala/Butchulla country was in 1996 by my great aunty, Olga Miller, followed by the Butchulla People #2 and the Butchulla People (Land & Sea Claim #2). Consent determination was awarded for K’gari (Fraser Island) in 2014 and for the mainland claim in 2019. As a sovereign nation, we have undergone many decades of deprivational longing—physically separated from our island, but in plain view. This article is written from a Badtjala lens, mapping generations of my Wondunna clan family through the eyes of an artist-academic who has created work since 1986 invested in cultural responsibility. With the accompanying film, <i>Out of the Sea Like Cloud</i>, I recenter the Badtjala history from a personal and local perspective, that incorporates national and international histories.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/4/3/74de-colonialsovereigntyAboriginal artAustralian historyK’gari (Fraser Island) |
| spellingShingle | Fiona Foley The People of K’Gari/Fraser Island: Working through 250 Years of Racial Double Coding Genealogy de-colonial sovereignty Aboriginal art Australian history K’gari (Fraser Island) |
| title | The People of K’Gari/Fraser Island: Working through 250 Years of Racial Double Coding |
| title_full | The People of K’Gari/Fraser Island: Working through 250 Years of Racial Double Coding |
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| title_short | The People of K’Gari/Fraser Island: Working through 250 Years of Racial Double Coding |
| title_sort | people of k gari fraser island working through 250 years of racial double coding |
| topic | de-colonial sovereignty Aboriginal art Australian history K’gari (Fraser Island) |
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