| Description |
xxiv, 421 pages : xii pages of plates (black and white), maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Land and Meanings -- Pt. I. Beyond the Invasion, 1788 to 1850s. 2. Invasion and Land: 'a system of terrorism'. 3. Land and White Desire: Nostalgia and Imagination. 4. Recognising Native Title, 1838-52. 5. Dual Occupation -- Pt. II. Regaining Land, 1860s to 1900s. 6. Aboriginal Land Demands. 7. The Aborigines Protection Board. 8. The Aboriginal Experience of Regained Lands. 9. Escalating Pressures -- Pt. III. 'For Land and Liberty': Defending the Land, 1910s to 1930. 10. Land, Children and Power. 11. Dispossessions. 12. Fighting Back: Aboriginal Political Organisation -- Pt. IV. Under the 'Dog Act', 1930s. 13. Land as Prison: Moree, 1927-33. 14. The Depression Crises and Cumeragunja. 15. The 'Dog Act' in the West: Menindee and Brewarrina. 16. The 'Dog Act' on the Coast: Burnt Bridge, 1934-38. 17. 'The Big Fight': Land in Aboriginal Politics, 1937-38. 18. The Cumeragunja Strike, 1939 -- Pt. V. Border Wars, 1948 to 1965. 19. Shifting Boundaries. 20. Spatial Politics: Surveillance, Segregation and Land. 21. Moving Away. 22. Reasserting Land Rights, 1957-64 -- Pt. VI. The Ground on which the Embassy Rose, 1965 to 1972. 23. Referendum and Reality. 24. 'Hungry For Our Own Ground'. Epilogue: 'Back to Where the Story Started': Kurnell 1988 |
| Summary |
Traces Aboriginal responses to invasion and dispossession in New South Wales; discusses early attempts by colonial authorities to recognise Aboriginal land rights and title 1838 to 1852; creation of Aboriginal reserves in pastoral areas and reasons for first reserves; dual occupation of land; impact of more intensified land use; setting up of the Aborigines Protection Board and its dispersal policies - characterised as the second wave of dispossession; formation of the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association in New South Wales; describes life under the "Dog Act" in the 1930s; describes living conditions in Moree 1927 to 1933; Cumeragunja and the formation of the Australian Aboriginal League in Victoria; life under the 'Dog Act' in Menindee, Brewarrina and Burnt Bridge; land and politics 1937 to 1938; Cumeragunja strike 1939; politics in the 1950s and 1960s; reassertion of land rights 1957 to 1964; background and reasons for setting up Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians - New South Wales - Government relations |
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Aboriginal Australians - New South Wales - Land tenure |
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Aboriginal Australians - New South Wales - Politics and government |
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Native title |
| Notes |
Copy 2 donated by Jack Horner |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography : pages 391-405 |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Politics and government.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Native title (Australia)
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Native title (Australia) -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Native title -- Australia
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| LC no. |
97146550 |
| ISBN |
1864481498 |
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