Reviews

Mutton Fish: The Surviving Culture of Aboriginal People and Abalone on the South Coast of New South Wales by Liddy Stewart, Sue Norman, Beryl Cruse

curatoriallyyours's review

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I learnt so much from this book and I’m really glad I read it on location down the south coast of NSW. I particularly appreciated the explanation of the way that legal requirements for evidence of cultural use and practice is racist because written accounts of Aboriginal practices by white settlers cannot possibly have covered everything and they were not written with the view to preserving cultural practice. Even though this book is focused on abalone (mutton fish), it is about so much more than that. Highly recommended. 

bear's review against another edition

3.0

Neat