Referencing and using sources - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sources - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors

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Including respect terms

Senior members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups may be referred to with respect terms such as Aunty/Uncle/Elder. Include their preferred term before their name within the body of the text or a narrative citation.

For example:

Including Nation/Country and/or Language Group Information

Add Nation/Country, Language group, Place of Nation/Country to the reference if you can locate it.

Add it before the source element.

Examples

APA:

Heiss, A. (2012). Am I black enough for you? Wiradjuri. Central New South Wales, Australia. Random House.

Vancouver:

  1. Heiss, A. Am I black enough for you? Wiradjuri. Central New South Wales, Australia.Random House; 2012.

Harvard:

Heiss, Anita. 2012. Am I black enough for you? Wiradjuri. Central New South Wales, Australia. Random House.

Unknown language group/country

If the person's country or language group is not identified or readily discoverable, it may be appropriate to identify them by the term Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander if the person uses these terms and prefers to be identified thus.

For example:

Multiple authors

Add details for all Indigenous authors of a work, but not for non-Indigenous authors. If all authors are from the same group/area, add it as above. Otherwise, add it in round brackets after the authors' names.

Examples (APA – adapt for your required style)

Moreton-Robinson, A. (Goenpul. Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia), Casey, M., & Nicoll, F. (Eds.). (2008). Transnational whiteness matters. Lexington Books.

Perkins, R. (Arrente & Kalkadoon), & Langton M. (Yiman & Bidjara) (Eds). (2008) First Australians: An illustrated history. Melbourne University Publishing.

For more information on these terms see AIATSIS.

For more detail for APA and Harvard, see the pink Author buttons in the relevant style

Author not recorded

It may be appropriate to use 'unrecorded' in the place of the author name.

Country as author

If a work uses an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander country as an author or co-author, cite and reference it as a group author - including the full name of the country as the author.