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Record Nr.

UNINA9910658499003321

Autore

Rowse Tim <1951->

Titolo

Indigenous and other Australians since 1901 / / Tim Rowse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, New South Wales : , : UNSW Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-74224-407-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

323.119915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - History - 20th century

Aboriginal Australians - History - 21st century

Aboriginal Australians - Government policy

Aboriginal Australians - Politics and government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

As Australia became a nation in 1901, no-one anticipated that ‘Aboriginal affairs'would become an on-going national preoccupation. Not ‘dying out'as predicted, Aboriginal numbers recovered and – along with Torres Strait Islanders – they became an articulate presence, aggrieved at colonial authority's interventions into family life and continuing dispossession. Indigenous and Other Australians since 1901 narrates their recovery – not only in numbers but in cultural confidence and critical self-awareness. Pointing to Indigenous leaders, it also reassesses the contribution of government and mission ‘protection'policies and the revised definitions of ‘Aboriginal'. Timothy Rowse explains why Australia has conceded a large Indigenous Land and Sea Estate since the 1960s, and argues that the crisis in ‘self-determination'since 2000 has been fuelled by Indigenous critique of the selves that they have become. As Indigenous people put themselves at the centre of arguments about their future, this book could not be more timely.