Characterised by its remoteness, alone in northern Australia apart from lames Cook University, far off on the eastern seaboard, with a unique proximity to Asia, Northern Territory University (NTU) is a small, still relatively new teaching and research institution with small numbers of, staff in anthropology and related disciplines. It exists at the geographical and academic frontier, where there are exciting opportunities for research, and significant social and historical interfaces ofindigenous, colonial, migrant and Asian rnulticultural expression.
