Everything you need to know about the referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians / Megan Davis & George Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Megan, author.

Williams, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Australia.

Aboriginal Australians.

Constitutional history--Australia.

Constitutional history.

Referendum--Australia--History.

Referendum.

Australia--Politics and government.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 166 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, [Australia] : NewSouth Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explains everything that Australians need to know about the proposal to recognise Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution. It details how our Constitution was drafted, and shows how Aboriginal peoples came to be excluded from the new political settlement. It explains what the 1967 referendum - in which over 90% of Australians voted to delete discriminatory references to Aboriginal people from the Constitution - achieved and why discriminatory racial references remain. With clarity and authority the book shows the symbolic and legal power of such a change and how we might get there. Concise and clear, it is written by two of the best-known experts in the country on matters legal, indigenous and constitutional. Recognise is essential reading on what should be a watershed occasion for our nation.

Contents:

The case for Yes and No

Introduction

The making of the Australian Constitution

2 The 1967 referendum

3 Dawn of a new era?

4 The path to the recognition referendum

5 What changes should we make to the Constitution?

6 Myths and misconceptions

7 Will the people vote Yes? – Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 02, 2015).

First Nations peoples are warned this item may contain images, voices and names of people who have passed, or be considered insensitive, inappropriate, or outdated. The item reflects the attitude of the author/s or the period in which it was written and does not represent the views of the Library.

ISBN:

1-74224-721-0

1-74224-194-8

OCLC:

894480665