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Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country is a curated guidebook to Indigenous Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. In its pages, respected Elder and author Professor Marcia Langton offers fascinating insights into Indigenous languages and customs, history, native title, art and dance, storytelling, and cultural awareness and etiquette for visitors. There is also a directory of Indigenous tourism experiences, organised by state or territory, covering galleries and festivals, national parks and museums, communities that are open to visitors, as well as tours and performances.

This book is essential for anyone travelling around Australia who wants to learn more about the culture that has thrived here for over 50,000 years. It also offers the chance to enjoy tourism opportunities that will show you a different side of this fascinating country — one that remains dynamic, and is filled with openness and diversity.

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Explore Australia; Hardback edition (1 May 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1741175437
ISBN-13: 978-1741175431
Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 3.2 x 21.6 cm
Boxed-product Weight: 798 g
Average Customer Review: 4 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2973 in Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences
- #32 in Tourist Destinations & Museum Guides

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"Academic Marcia Langton has produced the perfect book for people who want to know more about our rich Indigenous history. Whether you just want to find out more about where you live or you want to plan a trip, this is wonderful guide to culture and places." – Mark Rubbo, Readings

"A landmark book" – Simon Marnie, ABC Radio Sydney
"Marcia Langton’s Welcome to Country should be in the hands (and hearts) of every Australian traveller." – Graham Erbacher, The Australian

About the Author

Professor Marcia Langton AM PhD Macq U, BA (Hons) ANU, FASSA is one of Australia’s most important voices for Indigenous Australia. She first became an Indigenous rights activist as a student at the University of Queensland, before spending time in Papua New Guinea, Japan and North America learning about those countries' peoples and cultures. On her return to Australia Marcia Langton graduated in Anthropology at ANU. Since then, she has worked with the Central Land Council, the Cape York Land Council, and for the 1989 Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody.

Professor Langton has received many accolades, including an Order of Australia. She has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at The University of Melbourne since February 2000. As an anthropologist and geographer, she has made a significant contribution to government and non-government policy as well as to Indigenous studies. Professor Langton has written several books, both academic and popular, including First Australians (MUP, 2009), co-authored with Rachel Perkins, which was written n conjunction with an SDS documentary by the same name. She is also regularly asked to comment on issues related to Indigenous rights and art. In 2016 she was honoured as a University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor. The following year, Professor Marcia Langton was appointed as the first Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne.

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Dom Courtney

Enlightening

6 September 2018

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An amazing book about amazing people and cultures.
Provides so much information in a very accessible and very readable manner.

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Mary E O'Dea

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30 June 2018

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We have needed this book for at least 5 generations.

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‘Australia is alive with the long history of the Indigenous people, our culture and our presence.’

10 June 2019

Format: Hardcover

There are two parts to this beautifully presented book. The first part introduces Indigenous cultures, and the second part explores Indigenous Australia by State and Territory. Reading through this book made me aware of just how ignorant I am of so much Indigenous Australian culture and history. Partly this is because Indigenous history was not taught when I was at school in the 1960s (not in regional Tasmania, anyway) and partly it’s because my learning has focussed on European history.

This book provides a wonderful starting point for those of us who want to know more about the history and culture of Indigenous Australians. Part one of the book covers Indigenous languages and customs, art and dance, storytelling history and native title, as well as cultural awareness and etiquette for visitors. Perhaps most importantly, Professor Langton explains what ‘country’ means to Indigenous people. And, as I am reminded that I am reading about one of the oldest continuous cultures on earth, I can appreciate how important that connection to country is.

The second part of the book provides a comprehensive listing of Indigenous Australian experiences, including galleries, festivals, tours and performances as well as communities that are open to visitors. Importantly, this listing also includes information such as the distance to the nearest town, and (where applicable) restrictions on visiting.

Both Australians and visitors to Australia will find this book useful. For older Australians like me who grew up knowing little about the history of Australia before European settlement, this is an invaluable starting point. I’ve added several places to my ‘must visit’ list.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

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Lamorna

Beautiful insightful informative guide to the riches to be found in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia

11 June 2018

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I could not rate this book highly enough. It is the most amazing combination of research, art, culture, spirituality and history that provides so much insight into this Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. As a travel guide it completely rewrites all the rules, providing a next level introduction to Australia.

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Welcome to country by Prof. Langton. This is a most informative book for any traveller or Australian who wants to learn about this country, and not the white man's. She has given an impressive array of where to visit in each state and territory, their history (over 50,000 years), the National Parks, their Dreamtime stories, the festivals, art galleries, Aboriginal tour guides, even down to how far each is from the nearest town. In the spirit of Reconciliation, I hope many people read this book.

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