ABSTRACT
The changes brought about by colonial domination affected some areas more adversely than others. The establishment of loosely supervised Aboriginal enclaves did allow for the reproduction of intra-group cultural forms; and the creation of a segregated and isolated community at Bellbrook did enable the Dhan-gadi to sustain many of the cultural habits of their everyday existence. Located a short distance to the northeast of the reserve, Mount Anderson, or Baral Balai as the Dhan-gadi call it, is a place of cosmological and social significance to the Dhan-gadi people and an important site for maintaining a sense of separate cultural identity. The process of domination discussed manifests itself in the community through the increased dependency brought about by the transformation of the wider social and material world. The significance of the camp-fire, then, is that it renders such goods less threatening.
