Civil Rights: How Indigenous Australians Won Formal Equality

Overview

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 reforms. Chesterman argues that these struggles have laid important foundations for future dealings between Indigenous people and Australian governments.

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Author:   John Chesterman
Publisher:   University of Queensland Press
Imprint:   University of Queensland Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.00cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780702235146

ISBN 10:   0702235148
Pages:   357
Publication Date:   01 July 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available  
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