This collection of papers is a resource for understanding how parallel situations are playing out elsewhere, allowing us to gain from their experiences, and for this reason alone the volume is worthwhile.

Canadian Journal of Archaeology

This volume is important, not just for archaeology and archaeologists, but also for Aboriginal peoples and the politics of their current situation with regard to connection to country. . . . This book breaks the cycle of division between history and archaeology. By re-uniting the two discourses of archaeology and history, and bridging the gap between pre-contact and the present, Rodney Harrison and Christine Williamson (as editors), and the individual authors of the papers in the volume, deserve our congratulations and thanks.

Anne Ross, University of Queensland, Archaeology In Oceania

These papers contribute significantly to Australia's archaeology and history.

Judy Birmingham, Australian Archaeology

One can see this volume as a useful basis for viewing how Australian scholars, courts, and the Euro-Australian and Aboriginal publics are grappling with the role of archaeology in the current national land-rights debate.

Journal of Anthropological Research

As I entered my first year of archaeology, I searched for a good reason to make a career out of a subject which had up until then been a mere curiosity. For students like me, this book provides just that.After Captain Cook presents the reader with a diversity of issues and research projects pertaining to the archeaology of Indigenous Australia after 1788. . . . Harrison and Williamson provide a strong and sound rationale for such study, beyond simply the opportunity for [it]. . . . It's encouraging to see Indigenous concerns forming the basis for study, as well as prompting a conscientious consideration of the purpose of archaeological research. . . . Harrison and Williamson give us a well-rounded and timely look at the future of Indigenous archaeology. . . . Contact archaeology, as this volume advocates, has the potential to address issues of national importance in Australia and of direct relevance to archaeology in settler societies everywhere. The volume leaves the optimistic reader with a plethora of research areas to pursue methods to employ and bold goals to achieve.

World Archaeological Bulletin