Acknowledgements Abstract 摘要 A List of Name Equivalents Introduction Chapter 1 Dreaming as Religious Identity 1.1 Dreaming as Identity Construction in Mudrooroo's Wild Cat Falling 1.2 Dreaming as Identity Resistance in Mudrooroo's Wild Cat Falling 1.3 Hybrid Identity of Dreaming, Buddhism and Existentialism 1.4 Chapter Summary Chapter 2 Bio-Writing as Gender Identity 2.1 Root-Seekin as Women Identification in Sally Morgan's Place 2.2 Counter-Memory to Locate the Gender Identity 2.3 Hybridized Gender Identity 2.4 Chapter Summary Chapter 3 Native Title as Political Identity 3.1 Land as Identity Symbol in Alexis Wright's Carpentaria 3.2 Native Tide: from Discourse Struggle to Political Struggle 3.3 Chapter Summary Conclusion Bibliography Appendix 1 "Aboriginal Charter of Rights" Appendix 2 An Index of Criticism of Australian Aboriginal Literature Notes