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Title Waking up to dreamtime : the illusion of aboriginal self-determination / by Gary Johns...[and others]
Published Singapore : Media Masters, 2001

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 MELB  323.119915 Joh/Wut  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 171 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Aboriginal orthodoxy in Canada / Tom Flanagan -- The poverty of Aboriginal self-determination / Gary Johns -- The new authoritarian separatism / Trevor Satour -- The most threatened people in Australia: the remote Aboriginal minority / Steven Etherington -- 'This is as much as we can do': Aboriginal domestic violence / Stephanie Jarrett -- Are we headed in the right direction? / Helen McLaughlin -- Sceptical thoughts on customary law / Kenneth Maddock
Summary The author writes about his time as a Member of the House of Representatives in 1990 when Australia's infamous Coronation Hill dispute was brought to his attention. Gary Johns and other noted experts - two of them Aborigines - examine the damage being done to Aboriginal people by past and present policies
Analysis Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia )
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Native title (Australia)
Self-determination, National -- Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Services for.
Human rights -- Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Human rights.
Terrorism.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Causes.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
World politics -- 1995-2005.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Author Johns, Gary Thomas, 1952-
Media Masters (Firm)
LC no. 00002327
ISBN 9810451504