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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander referencing

Ensure you are referencing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors respectfully

How to acknowledge Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander knowledge recorded in non-Indigenous authored works

Note: The examples shown are based on the APA 7th style. Remember to follow the format required by your referencing style.

Known Traditional Country or Language Group

Traditional Country or Language Group knowledge (include page number information). In Author’s Family Name, First Initial. Second Initial. Non-Indigenous. (Year). Title. Publisher. DOI or web address - if available

 

Reference list example:

Lardil, Yangkaal & Kaiadilt knowledge (pp. 54-79). In Memmott, P. Non-Indigenous. (2007). Guyah, Goondie and Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia. University of Queensland Press.

Community not recorded

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander knowledge, Country of origin [community not recorded], (include page numbers or page numbers of cited information). In Author’s Family Name, First Initial. Second Initial. Non-Indigenous. (YEAR). Title. Publisher. DOI or web address - if available

 

Reference list example:

Aboriginal knowledge, Australia [community not recorded], (pp. 103-106). In Tindale, N., & Lindsay, H.A. Non-Indigenous. (1963). Aboriginal Australians. Jacaranda Press.