1. Challenging current understandings about the introduction of gambling to remote Aboriginal communities in Northern Australia Marisa Fogarty Postdoctoral Fellow ANU Centre for Gambling Research marisa.fogarty@anu.edu.au

2. 2 This research was conducted for my PHD as part of an ARC Linkage project between Charles Darwin University and the Northern Territory Government.

3. Introduction of gambling; - European influence - Macassan influence 3

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5. Macassan trepang trade route Source: Johnson in Blair and Hall (2013) Travelling the ‘Malay Road’: Recognising the heritage significance of the Macassan maritime trade route 5

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14. Thank you! Contact: marisa.fogarty@anu.edu.au 14