The Wentworth Lectures honour the contribution of Sir William (Bill) Wentworth to the creation of AIATSIS in 1964. Taken together, they are a veritable who’s who of the leading intellectuals in the field who also discuss the wider political, social and economic, and in some cases, religious factors.

The collection is a fitting symbol of Australia’s maturing nationhood and respect for Australia’s First Peoples: of their resilience and journey to reclaim and preserve their identity, their histories, their cultural heritage - their stories.

Now a world-renowned research, collecting and publishing organisation, the creation of AIATSIS marked the beginning of the multidisciplinary field of Aboriginal or Indigenous Studies in Australia.

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