‘The Australian Aborigines: A Portrait of their Society’ gives information about the customs, legal system, beliefs and cultures of Aborigines in Australia which is a comprehensive read for all people attempting to write an essay on Aboriginals in Australia.
Maddock graduated in law and anthropology from the University of Auckland and has also been awarded a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Sydney. He has written numerous papers on Aboriginal land rights and customary law and thus I believe that he is more than qualified to write on this subject. The book consists of 7 parts, 8 chapters and 181 pages. The table of contents list the page numbers of chapters so it is easy to navigate this book to look for relevant information.
The author argues in the book that the Aboriginal community in general were harshly treated by British settlers. When the British first set foot on Australia, they saw an unfamiliar environment and began changing it to satisfy their needs. By importing new plans and animals, the British destroyed natural plant life and hastened the extinction of many animal species.
To sum up, this book is useful if you are going to write about the equality of power relations between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Australia because it deals with how the indigenous people were not treated equally in the old days and I still believe in present day and age. By understanding how the inequality started, perhaps it is easier to argue that till now, indigenous
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