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Geoffrey Gray

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who owns a family’s story or why it’s time to lift the berndt field notes embargo

Who Owns a Family’s Story, or Why It’s Time to Lift the Berndt Field Notes Embargo

In the 1940s, the last initiated Ngadjuri man, Barney Waria, gave a series of interviews to anthropologist Ronald Berndt. Almost 80 years later, Waria's grandson wants to share this material with his family.