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UNINA9910787366903321 |
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Davis Megan |
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Titolo |
Everything you need to know about the referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians / / Megan Davis & George Williams |
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Sydney, [Australia] : , : NewSouth Publishing, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-74224-721-0 |
1-74224-194-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vii, 166 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aboriginal Australians - Australia |
Constitutional history - Australia |
Referendum - Australia - History |
Politics and Government - Referenda - Referendum, 1967 |
Politics and Government - Civil rights and citizenship |
Politics and Government - Referenda - Constitutional recognition |
Politics and Government - National symbols and events - Constitutional recognition |
Australia Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The case for Yes and No -- Introduction -- The making of the Australian Constitution -- 2 The 1967 referendum -- 3 Dawn of a new era? -- 4 The path to the recognition referendum -- 5 What changes should we make to the Constitution? -- 6 Myths and misconceptions -- 7 Will the people vote Yes? – Notes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explains everything that Australians need to know about the proposal to recognise Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution. It details how our Constitution was drafted, and shows how Aboriginal peoples came to be excluded from the new political settlement. It explains what the 1967 referendum - in which over 90% of Australians voted to delete discriminatory references to Aboriginal people from the Constitution - achieved and why discriminatory racial references remain. With clarity and authority the book shows the symbolic and legal power of such a |
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