Civil rights : how indigenous Australians won formal equality / John Chesterman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chesterman, John, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Civil rights.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 357 pages)

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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 r

Contents:

Title; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Taking Civil Rights Seriously; CHAPTER TWO: Defending Australia's Reputation: Ending Commonwealth Discrimination; CHAPTER THREE: Civil Rights and States' Rights; CHAPTER FOUR: The Limits of 'The Liberal Promise'; CHAPTER FIVE: Beyond Civil Rights: Non-Discriminationand Indigenous Rights; CHAPTER SIX: The Legacy of Civil Rights; Notes; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7022-4056-7

OCLC:

609853373