The wentworth lecture the end in the beginning: Re(de)finding aboriginality

Abstract

But this takes us too far ahead in the story, towards the end, 'although the end is in the beginning' (Ellison 1952, 9). Since first contact with the colonisers of this country, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been the object of a continual flow of commentary and classification. Even a fragment of the representation of and theory about Aboriginality captures the tenor of the visions.