No small change : the road to recognition for Indigenous Australia / Frank Brennan ; with a foreword by Patricia Turner, AM.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennan, Frank, author.

Turner, Patricia, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

Aboriginal Australians--Civil rights--History.

Referendum--Australia.

Referendum.

Constitutional amendments--Australia.

Constitutional amendments.

Torres Strait Islanders--Legal status, laws, etc.

Torres Strait Islanders.

Torres Strait Islanders--Civil rights--History.

Indigenous peoples--Government policy--Australia.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages)

Place of Publication:

Saint Lucia, Queensland : UQP, 2015.

Summary:

In 1967, Australians voted overwhelmingly in favor of removing from the Constitution two references that discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Though these seemed like small amendments, they were an impetus for real change: from terra nullius to land rights, and from assimilation to self-determination. Nearly 50 years later, there is a groundswell of support for our Indigenous heritage to be formally recognized in the Constitution. With the prospect of a new referendum in the near future, Frank Brennan considers how far Australians have come and yet how much work lies ahead. He looks through the prism of history to examine what we can learn from our successes and failures since 1967, from the efforts of the Council of Aboriginal Affairs to the Gove land rights case and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. He also assesses the way forward: how the upcoming referendum might provide fresh momentum for governments and Indigenous Australians to negotiate better outcomes. Written by one of the most respected commentators on legal and human rights issues, this book makes a vital contribution to the understanding of Indigenous affairs. It will generate crucial debate on how Australians should acknowledge the history that for too long has gone unrecognized.

Contents:

Cover

Author biography

Other books by Frank Brennan

Title page

Imprint page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction - The Case for Modest Constitutional Change

Chapter 1 - Approaching the forthcoming referendum

Chapter 2 - The Collapse of Terra Nullius and Forced Assimilation

Chapter 3 - The Promise of the 1967 Referendum

Chapter 4 - After The 1971 Gove Land Rights

Chapter 5 - Australia Day 1972

Chapter 6 - The Need for Constitutional Change

Chapter 7 - Aboriginal Concerns About Discrimination and Adverse Treatment

Chapter 8 - The Road to Recognition for Indigenous Australians

Epilogue - No Small Change

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Endnotes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 28, 2015).

ISBN:

0-7022-5332-4

OCLC:

908101717