Women, Rites & Sites is a collection of essays which explore the active role of women in Aboriginal cultural and religious life. It should be read by all people interested in Aboriginal-white relations, in Aboriginal culture and women's studies.

Peggy Brock is Historian with the Aboriginal Heritage Branch of the Department of Environment and Planning in South Australia. She has researched and written histories of various Aboriginal communities in South Australia including the Adnjamathanha of the north Flinders Ranges and Poonindie Mission on Eyre Peninsula. She is the author of two books and various articles on Aboriginal history.

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Contributors
Introduction - Peggy Brock
1 Retrospect, and prospect: Looking back after 50 years - Catherine H. Berndt
2 Antikirinja women's song knowledge 1963-72: Its significance in Antikirinja culture - Catherine J. Ellis and Linda Barwick
3 Rites for sites or sites for rites? The dynamics of women's cultural life in the Musgraves - Helen Payne
4 Digging deep: Aboriginal women in the Oodnadatta region of South Australia in the 1980s - Jen Gibson
5 'Women talking up big': Aboriginal women as cultural custodians, a South Australian example - Jane M. Jacobs
6 The status of women's cultural knowledge: Aboriginal society in north-east South Australia - Luise Hercus
7 Roles revisited: The women of southern South Australia - Fay Gayle
Index