Does the media fail Aboriginal political aspirations? asp merchandise Collaborative mapping and digital storytelling

Collaborative mapping and digital storytelling as tools of Walbunja resurgence

Cover photograph of Daisy Smith with her daughter Valma

Part Four: The second patrol

This is the inside story of the Mabo case

(photograph by Maggie Brady)

Does the media fail Aboriginal political aspirations? asp merchandise Collaborative mapping and digital storytellingFor too long Australia's media has failed to communicate Aboriginal political aspirations. This unique study of key Aboriginal initiatives seeking self determination and justice reveals a history of media procrastination and denial. A team of Aboriginal and non Aboriginal researchers examine 45 years of media responses to these initiatives, from the 1972 Larrakia petition to the Queen seeking land rights and treaties, to the desire for recognition