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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787117303321

Autore

Pearson Noel

Titolo

A rightful place : race, recognition and a more complete commonwealth / / Noel Pearson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Collingwood, Victoria] : , : Morry Schwartz, , [2014]

[2014]

ISBN

1-922231-82-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Quarterly Essay, , 1832-0953

Disciplina

323.119915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights

Aboriginal Australians - Legal status, laws, etc

Aboriginal Australians - Government policy

Aboriginal Australians - Government relations

Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; QUARTERLY ESSAY 55; Contents; yolngu petition; War Of The Worlds; Layered Identities; Liberty Is Responsibility; The Triune Nation; Oikophilia; Making Peace; Dragon's Tail: Correspondence; John Edwards; Max Corden; Michael Cooney; Jim Chalmers; Eric Knight; Billy Griffiths; Satyajit Das; Response to Correspondence: Andrew Charlton; Contributors; Copyright; Subscribe

Sommario/riassunto

The nation has unfinished business. After more than two centuries, can a rightful place be found for Australia's original peoples?Soon we will all decide if and how indigenous Australians will be recognised in the constitution. In the words of Professor Greg Craven: "We have a committed prime minister, and a committed opposition. We have a receptive electorate. There will never be a better time. We have no choice but to address the question. If constitutions deal with fundamental things, our indigenous heritage is pretty fundamental."In A Rightful Place, Noel Pearson shows how the idea of "rac