The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights A documentary history
Coordonnateur : Attwood Bain
The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights is the first book of its kind. Not only does it tell the history of the political struggle for Aboriginal rights in all parts of Australia; it does so almost entirely through a selection of historical documents created by the Aboriginal campaigners themselves, many of which have never been published. It presents Aboriginal perspectives of their dispossession and their long and continuing fight to overcome this.
In charting the story of Aboriginal political activity from its beginnings on Flinders Island in the 1830s to the fight over native title today, this book aims to help Australians better understand both the continuities and the changes in Aboriginal politics over the last 150 years: in the leadership of the Aboriginal political struggle, the objectives of these campaigners for rights for Aborigines, their aspirations, the sources of their programmes for change, their methods of protest, and the outcomes of their protest.
Through the words of Aboriginal activists, across 150 years, The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights charts the relationship between political involvement and Aboriginal identity.
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART 1 - The Nineteenth Century
PART 2 - 1920s-1950s
PART 3 - 1950s-1970s
Sources
Index
Date de parution : 03-2021
13.8x21.6 cm
Thèmes de The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights :
Mots-clés :
Aborigines Progressive Association; aboriginal identity; AAPA; political involvement; Young Men; aboriginal rights; Aboriginal Protection Board; aboriginal political activity; Torres Strait Islanders; NAC; White People; Kath Walker; Tent Embassy; Flinders Island; Native Title; Lake Tyers; David Unaipon; Torres Strait Islander People; Melville Bay; Aborigines Advancement League; Advancement League; Aboriginal Political Organisations; Aboriginal Embassy; State Secretary; Groote Eylandt; Port Hedland; NSW Aboriginal; King George III; Prisoner Servant