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Making change happen : black and white activists talk to Kevin Cook about Aboriginal, union and liberation politics / Kevin Cook and Heather Goodall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Kevin, author.
- Goodall, Heather, author.
- Series:
- Aboriginal History Monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cook, Kevin.
- Social change--Australia.
- Social change.
- Political activists--Australia.
- Political activists.
- Aboriginal Australians--Politics and government.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Australia--Politics and government--20th century.
- Australia.
- Australia--Social conditions--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra : ANU E Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is a unique window into a dynamic time in the politics and history of Australia. The two decades from 1970 to the Bicentennial in 1988 saw the emergence of a new landscape in Australian Indigenous politics.
- Contents:
- Making Change Happen; Contents; Acknowledgements; An introduction to Cookie's book; PART 1 - FOUNDATIONS; 1. Growing up Koorie - in Wollongong; 2. Life and death on the job:The Builders Labourers' Federation - rank and file democracy, 1970 to 1975; 3. In the wider struggle: The union, gender, race and environment; 4. Tranby, co-operatives and empowerment; PART 2 - TRANBY 1980s; 5. Aboriginal-directed education: Getting started; 6. Exploring possibilities: Teaching and learning at Tranby; 7. Politics and real education; 8. Reaching out for change; PART 3 - LAND RIGHTS NSW 1980s
- 9. Strategies: 1976 to 198110. Experiences: 1981 to 1982 -Street demos and bush camps; 11. Hard decisions: 1983 to 1985; 12. Getting land back; PART 4 - NETWORKS 1980s; 13. National networks; 14. Onto the streets; 15. International networks; PART 5 - BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER; 16. Bicentennial; 17. Beyond the Bicentennial: Victories, defeats and more struggles for change ; 18. Reflections: Networks, hubs, pathways - and leadership; Appendix 1. Interviewees; Appendix 2. Glossary and abbreviations; Appendix 3. Bibliography and further reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 19, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781921666742
- 1921666749
- OCLC:
- 849317533
- Publisher Number:
- 10.26530/OAPEN_459993
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