Indigenous Australian laws of war
Makarrata , milwerangel and junkarti
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12848830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel White (0000-0003-0838-5649, corresponding author), Raymond C Kerkhove (0000-0002-6128-6917) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 914 |
| Pages | 959-978 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of the Red Cross (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1607-5889 • E-ISSN: 1816-3831 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1816383121000497 |
| OpenAlex | W3202418884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Studies in Australian history have lamentably neglected the military traditions of First Australians prior to European contact. This is due largely to a combination of academic and social bigotry, and loss of Indigenous knowledge after settlement. Thankfully, the situation is beginning to change, in no small part due to the growing literature surrounding the Frontier Wars of Australia. All aspects of Indigenous customs and norms are now beginning to receive a balanced analysis. Yet, very little has ever been written on the laws, customs and norms that regulated Indigenous Australian collective armed conflicts. This paper, co-written by a military legal practitioner and an ethno-historian, uses early accounts to reconstruct ten laws of war evidently recognized across much of pre-settlement Australia. The study is a preliminary one, aiming to stimulate further research and debate in this neglected field, which has only recently been explored in international relations
Criminology · Frontier · Indigenous · Political science · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |