Rob Riley [[electronic resource] ] : an Aboriginal leader's quest for justice / / Quentin Beresford
Pubbl/distr/stampa
Canberra, : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006
ISBN
0-85575-681-0
Edizione
[1st ed.]
Descrizione fisica
1 online resource (392 p.)
Disciplina
305.89915092
Soggetti
Aboriginal Australians
Political activists - Australia
Stolen generations (Australia)
Electronic books.
Lingua di pubblicazione
Inglese
Formato
Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico
Monografia
Note generali
Includes index.
"Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies"--T.p. verso.
Nota di bibliografia
Bibliography: p. 354-362.
Nota di contenuto
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE Prisoners of Racism: The History of Rob Riley's Family -- CHAPTER TWO Bound for Assimilation: A Childhood at Sister Kate's -- CHAPTER THREE Life at the Margins: Growing up Aboriginal -- CHAPTER FOUR Apprenticeship: Joining the Aboriginal Legal Service -- CHAPTER FIVE Noonkanbah: The Struggle for Heritage -- CHAPTER SIX A Bigger Stage: The National Aboriginal Conference -- CHAPTER SEVEN Betrayal: The Demise of National Land Rights -- Enemies Within: The End of the National Aboriginal Conference -- CHAPTER NINE At the Cutting Edge: Political Battles in Canberra -- CHAPTER TEN War on All Fronts: Return to the Aboriginal Legal Service -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Mounting Despair: The Final Campaigns -- Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- ROB RILEY PERSONAL PAPERS -- RILEY AND DINAH FAMILY PAPERS -- WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE ARCHIVES -- Newspapers/Journals -- Official Documents and Reports -- Broadcast Material -- Books/Articles/Theses -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto
Widely regarded as one of the great Aboriginal leaders of the modern
era, Rob Riley was at the centre of debates that have polarised views on race relations in Australia: national land rights, the treaty, deaths in custody, self-determination, the justice system, native title and the Stolen Generations.