| Description |
xiii, 357 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
1. Taking civil rights seriously -- 2. Defending Australia's reputation: ending Commonwealth discrimination -- 3. Civil rights and States' rights -- 4. The limits of 'the Liberal promise' -- 5. Beyond civil rights: non-discrimination and Indigenous rights -- 6. The legacy of civil rights |
| Summary |
"Australians know very little about how Indigenous Australians came to gain the civil rights that other Australians had long taken for granted. One of the key reasons for this is the entrenched belief that civil rights were handed to Indigenous people and not won by them. In this book John Chesterman draws on government and other archival material from around the country to make a compelling case that Indigenous people, together with non-Indigenous supporters, did effectively agitate for civil rights, and that this activism, in conjunction with international pressure, led to legal reforms. Chesterman argues that these struggles have laid important foundations for future dealings between Indigenous people and Australian governments." --Website |
| Analysis |
Aborigines |
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Equality |
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Civil liberties |
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy |
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Pressure groups |
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Legal standing |
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Racial discrimination |
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Interstate comparisons |
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Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia) |
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Civil & human rights |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-341) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political participation -- Australia.
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Political activists -- Australia.
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Political rights -- Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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| LC no. |
2006373486 |
| ISBN |
0702235148 |
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9780702235146 |
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