Known throughout Australia as a folklorist, writer and singer, Ted Egan's latest book Due Inheritance: Reviving the Cultural and Economic Wellbeing of First Australians is something of a manifesto.
It is also a cry for help, to take First Australians out of that imposed category of perceived inferiority that has prompted, since 1788, governments of all flavors to impose on them well-meaning but inevitably flawed policies.
Egan has a set of radical proposals to re-invigorate the Aboriginal community through the attainment of economic strength and restored cultural integrity.
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Ted Egan
Known throughout Australia as a folklorist, writer and singer, Ted Egan's latest book Due Inheritance: Reviving the Cultural and Economic Wellbeing of First Australians is something of a manifesto.
Egan is eminently qualified to write on this subject. He has lived in the Northern Territory since 1950 and worked for the Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs under both Liberal and Labor governments. He was also a member of the first National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation from 1991 to 1994.