Title Paved with good intentions : terra nullius, Aboriginal land rights and settler-colonial law / Hannah Robert

Published Ultimo, New South Wales : Halstead Press, 2016 Braddon, Australia Capital Territory ; Ultimo, New South Wales : Halstead press, [2016] ©2016

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WATERFT	305.89915 Rob/Pwg		AVAILABLE
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Description 164 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 23 cm Contents Key actors -- Introduction -- Uncertain siblings: Port Phillip and South Australia -- The legal rights of the Aborigines -- Classical economics: measuring 'value' and re-defining property -- The humanitarian colonist: protecting and transforming the 'savage' -- Foundation histories Summary "Over a century before Mabo and generations before 'Terra Nullius', Aboriginal land rights were briefly acknowledged by the early colonists of South Australia and Victoria. The way to Hell is paved with good intentions. Lust for land snuffed out hopes for a fair go, as the original owners of the land were pushed to the margins. This book looks at the way colonists exploited humanitarian rhetoric developed by Englands anti-slavery movement, to oust Aboriginal claims; how they reinvented the Common Law of property to secure their own title, twisting legal analysis and economic theory to suit their aims. It also explores the interactions between colonists and governments in Hobart, Sydney and London. Unlike many writers on the early colonial period, Hannah Robert takes full account of legal and bureaucratic sources."-- Analysis Australian Notes SOC, LAW Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-161) and index Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Australia -- South Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- South Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- South Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- Victoria -- Port Philip Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- South Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure. Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of. Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- South Australia -- History. Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- History. Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia. Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- South Australia. Reading List MLP711 recommended text 2024 LC no. 2017415610 ISBN 9781925043266

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