1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910532888103321

Autore

Beresford Quentin

Titolo

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703847803321

Titolo

How the changing energy markets will affect U.S. transportation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, February 3, 2014

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 140 pages) : illustrations

Soggetti

Energy policy - Economic aspects - United States

Transportation and state - Economic aspects - United States

Infrastructure (Economics) - United States

Public-private sector cooperation - United States

Pipelines - United States - Finance

Pipelines - Law and legislation - United States

Railroads - United States - Finance

Railroad law - United States

Energy policy - Economic aspects

Infrastructure (Economics)

Pipelines - Finance

Pipelines - Law and legislation

Public-private sector cooperation

Railroad law

Railroads - Finance

Transportation and state - Economic aspects

Legislative hearings.

Rules.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed July 22, 2015).

"114-3."

Print version is available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.