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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 429 (No. 8 of 1997)
Fix this textFortnightly
Fix this text30 May 1997
Fix this text• Wheat growers reap
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Fix this text• The Enlightenment and
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Fix this text• UNSW embarks on
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Fix this textExtending the debate on
Fix this textmanaging indigenous rights
Fix this textAs Australia confronts accusations of
Fix this textgenocide in the stolen children re-
Fix this textport and grapples with the Wik de-
Fix this textcision, how does our performance on the
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Fix this textIn an Australian first, a new masters course
Fix this textbeginning at UNSW next semester will
Fix this textlook at laws adopted in Europe, North
Fix this textAmerica, Asia and Africa in attempts to
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Fix this textA postdoctoral research fellow in the Fac-
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Fix this textThe course, which Dr Pritchard hopes will
Fix this textattract students from “as many disciplines
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Fix this textA committed indigenous legal scholar and a
Fix this textconsultant to the Human Rights Commission
Fix this textinquiry into the separation of Aboriginal chil-
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Fix this textthe course to “contribute to a more informed
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Fix this text“There is not much rational consideration
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Fix this textShe believes this failing is partly a result of
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Fix this text“There is also a limited appreciation of the
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Fix this text“In Australia 85 per cent of our indigenous
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Fix this textAmerica 85 per cent of the indigenous
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Fix this textInternational initiatives explored in the
Fix this textcourse range from separate Parliaments es-
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Fix this textthe Ainu as an indigenous people.
Fix this textInternational and Comparative Indigenous
Fix this textLegal Issues will move from the writings of
Fix this textSpanish scholastics, who in the 1540 s af-
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Fix this textactivists writing on mainstream debates on
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Fix this textIt also looks at treaties adopted by settlers
Fix this textin New Zealand and North America, as
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Fix this textthe limitations of international law in deal-
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Fix this textThe specific roles of the League of Nations,
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Fix this textIn the final weeks, students will compare
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Fix this textThis analysis will extend from Canada to
Fix this textSweden, down to the Noakhwe bushmen
Fix this textof Botswana and Twa Pygmies in Rwanda,
Fix this textto the Ainu in Japan, the indigenous people
Fix this textof the Thai/Burraa border and Chittagong
Fix this textHill Tracts in Bangladesh,
Fix this textDr Pritchard’s experience in indigenous
Fix this textlaw includes a doctoral thesis on the inter-
Fix this textnational legal protection of ethnic
Fix this textminorities, completed at the University of
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Fix this textContinued on page 8
Fix this textTwin study finds genetic link
Fix this textA UNSW twin study indicates Attention-
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Fix this textUNSW psychiatrist Dr Florence Levy.
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Fix this textI he study has revealed that when at least
Fix this textone twin has ADHD, there is a 91 per cent
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Fix this textDr Levy, from the UNSW School of Psy-
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Fix this textanalysed data on nearly 2,000 Australian
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Fix this textDr Levy began the study in 1991) with a
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Fix this textThe June edition of the Journal of the
Fix this textAmerican Academy of Child and Adoles-
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Fix this textor a Continuum? Genetic analysis of a large
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Fix this textTop ranking
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Fix this textUNSW was ranked sixth overall and the
Fix this textUniversity of Melbourne was ranked ninth
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Fix this textNational University ranked 13th, ahead of
Fix this textthe University of Sydney (14th), Monash
Fix this textUniversity (17th), the University of
Fix this textQueensland (21st), the University of Ad-
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Fix this textJapan had the top two institutions in the
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Fix this textDr Pritchard contributing to a more informed debate on indigenous law.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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