Urban Myths: Exploring the unsettling nature of Aboriginal presence in and through a regional Australian town

摘要: According to census data, Aboriginal Australians live predominantly in urban localities. Yet ‘urban Aboriginality’ has received limited attention the Australian literature and continues be generalised largely terms of deficit illegitimacy. Drawing on findings from recent research Broome, Western Australia, this article explores how presence through a particular space disrupts overlain colonial boundaries regarding who what constitutes Aboriginality’. It argues that not only have ‘authenticity discourses’ had marginalising disciplining effect spatial geographies, they also paint distorted picture realities lived experiences spaces.