Peter Sutton (anthropologist)

Peter Sutton
Peter Sutton
	Dr Peter Sutton 2017
Born	1946
Nationality	Australian
Citizenship	Australian
Alma mater	Monash University
	Scientific career
Fields	Aboriginal languages, ; Anthropology of Aboriginal Australia
Institutions	South Australian Museum's ; Division of Humanities;; University of Adelaide ; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide;

Peter Sutton FASSA (born 1946) is an Australian social anthropologist and linguist who has, since 1969, contributed to: recording Australian Aboriginal languages;^[1]^[2]^[3] promoting Australian Aboriginal art;^[4]^[5] mapping Australian Aboriginal cultural landscapes;^[6]^[7] and increasing societies' general understanding of contemporary Australian Aboriginal social structures^[8]^[9] and systems of land tenure.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] In 1976 Isobel Wolmby and her husband of the Wik peoples adopted Sutton as their tribal son.

In 2004–2008 Sutton held an Australian Research Council (ARC) Professorial Fellowship at the University of Adelaide's School of Earth & Environmental Sciences and within the South Australian Museum's Division of Anthropology. In 2003-2009 he was an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.^[15]

^ SUTTON, P. (ed.) (1976). Languages of Cape York. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Canberra.
^ SUTTON, P. & WALSH, M (1979) Revised Linguistic Fieldwork Manual for Australia. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Canberra.
^ Sutton, P. (1995) Wik-Ngathan Dictionary. Caitlin Press. Adelaide.
^ SUTTON, P. (ed.) (1989) Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia. Viking. London.
^ MORPHY (2001)
^ SUTTON, Peter, MARTIN, David, von STURMER, John, CRIBB, Roger & CHASE, Athol (1990) Aak: Aboriginal Estates and Clans between the Embley and Edward Rivers, Cape York Peninsula. 1000 pp Restricted Access Publication. South Australian Museum. Adelaide, Australia
^ SUTTON, Peter (1998) "Icons of Country: Topographic Representations in Classical Aboriginal Traditions." in WOODWARD, David & LEWIS, Malcolm (eds), The History of Cartography, Volume 2.3: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies. Chicago University Press. Chicago. Pages 351–386
^ *Australian Broadcasting Commission's 'Lateline' (25 June 2007) interview with Professor Peter Sutton re: Australian Aboriginal Futures.
^ PONSONNET (2007)
^ SUTTON, P. (1995) Country: Aboriginal Boundaries and Land Ownership in Australia. Aboriginal History Monographs (ANU).Canberra.
^ SUTTON, Peter (1998) Native Title and the Descent of Rights. National Native Title Tribunal. Perth.
^ SUTTON, Peter (2003) Native Title in Australia: an Ethnographic Perspective. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
^ WEINER (2007)
^ MORTON (2007)
^ South Australian Museum WebPage Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[1] SUTTON, P. (ed.) (1976). Languages of Cape York. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Canberra.

[2] SUTTON, P. & WALSH, M (1979) Revised Linguistic Fieldwork Manual for Australia. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Canberra.

[3] Sutton, P. (1995) Wik-Ngathan Dictionary. Caitlin Press. Adelaide.

[4] SUTTON, P. (ed.) (1989) Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia. Viking. London.

[5] MORPHY (2001)

[6] SUTTON, Peter, MARTIN, David, von STURMER, John, CRIBB, Roger & CHASE, Athol (1990) Aak: Aboriginal Estates and Clans between the Embley and Edward Rivers, Cape York Peninsula. 1000 pp Restricted Access Publication. South Australian Museum. Adelaide, Australia

[7] SUTTON, Peter (1998) "Icons of Country: Topographic Representations in Classical Aboriginal Traditions." in WOODWARD, David & LEWIS, Malcolm (eds), The History of Cartography, Volume 2.3: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies. Chicago University Press. Chicago. Pages 351–386

[8] *Australian Broadcasting Commission's 'Lateline' (25 June 2007) interview with Professor Peter Sutton re: Australian Aboriginal Futures.

[9] PONSONNET (2007)

[10] SUTTON, P. (1995) Country: Aboriginal Boundaries and Land Ownership in Australia. Aboriginal History Monographs (ANU).Canberra.

[11] SUTTON, Peter (1998) Native Title and the Descent of Rights. National Native Title Tribunal. Perth.

[SUTT001-12] SUTTON, Peter (2003) Native Title in Australia: an Ethnographic Perspective. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.

[13] WEINER (2007)

[14] MORTON (2007)

[15] South Australian Museum WebPage Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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