Indigenous Australian-Indonesian intermarriage

Negotiating citizenship rights in twentieth-century Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID11963528
AuthorsJulia Martínez (0000-0002-6775-0418), Julia Martı́nez (0000-0002-0459-8105, University of Wollongong, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume35
Publication date2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAboriginal History Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0314-8769 • E-ISSN: 1837-9389
PublisherANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.22459/ah.35.2011.09
OpenAlexW1522709780
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

This story of Indigenous Australian-Indonesian intermarriage is one that sheds light on the changes to citizenship entitlement in Australia and the struggles of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Asian peoples to lead their lives free from government intervention. Indonesian-Australian contacts remain relatively unknown in Australian history. Early Macassan relations with the peoples of Northern Australia, brought to light by Campbell Macknight, stands out in Australian history as a significant first contact with Asia. More recently Regina Ganter has continued the Macassan story into the twentieth century exploring encounters with northern communities across Australia. 2 But the story of wartime disruption faced by the families of Indonesian men and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their

Citizenship · Ethnology · Human rights · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Indonesian · Media studies · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Law

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