Additional information This article is one of the outcomes of a Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Jean Whyte research project “Rethinking archival and legal frameworks for records of Indigenous Australian communities of memory: a participatory model of rights and responsibilities” 2008–2009,http...
Notably in the context of Australia, where sovereignty is asserted by Aboriginal (and/or Torres Strait Islander) peoples it is usually in the context of desire for negotiation, or an agreement or a treaty-making process, rather than an assertion, for instance, of unilateral decision-making to ...