Possession : Batman's treaty and the matter of history / Bain Attwood with Helen Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Attwood, Bain, author.

Doyle, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Land tenure.

Aboriginal Australians.

Land tenure--Law and legislation--Australia--History.

Land tenure.

Aboriginal Australians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, 2009.

Summary:

The fascinating story of the only treaties ever made in Australia.It contemplates why these agreements were forged, how the Aboriginal people understood their terms, why government repudiated them, and how settlers claimed to be the rightful owners of the land.Bain Attwood also reveals the ways in which the settler society has endeavoured to make good its act of possession—by repeatedly creating histories that have recalled or repressed the memory of Batman, the treaties, and the Aborigines' destruction and dispossession—and charts how Aboriginal people have unsettled this matter of history through their remembering.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART 1 CONTESTING SOVEREIGNTY

1 Considering a treaty

2 Performing the narrative

3 Repudiating Aboriginal rights

PART 2 LEGEND MAKING

4 Creating a legend

5 Remembering Batman

6 Making historical places

7 Celebrating a centenary

PART 3 REMEMBERING HISTORY

8 Unsettling the legend

9 Treating Aboriginal rights

10 Reconciling histories

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522868579

0522868576

OCLC:

1496393949