Melanesian Indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands between Cape York and New Guinea; distinct from Aboriginal Australians; living and continuous.
Covers Indigenous resistance to Australian colonisation including Torres Strait context; foundational text for all Australian Indigenous peoples.
National history covering policy contexts affecting Torres Strait Islanders; provides the Australian political and colonial framework.
Covers Melanesian and Pacific Islander peoples including context for Torres Strait region; sweeping Pacific Islands history from first settlement through colonialism.