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Indigenous and Ancient Religions

A Place for Strangers

Towards a History of Australian Aboriginal Being

by Tony Swain

Swain argues that Aboriginal religion was fundamentally organised around place rather than time, and traces how it changed through contact with Macassan traders, Christian missionaries and colonial society. He suggests that some apparently ancient beliefs, such as an all-father figure, developed in response to these encounters. A challenging and original history.

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