02674nam 2200553 a 450 991045712570332120200520144314.00-7022-4056-7(CKB)2550000000005814(EBL)477073(OCoLC)609853373(SSID)ssj0000357878(PQKBManifestationID)11248109(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357878(PQKBWorkID)10359084(PQKB)10180559(MiAaPQ)EBC477073(Au-PeEL)EBL477073(CaPaEBR)ebr10366916(EXLCZ)99255000000000581420050927d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCivil rights[electronic resource] how indigenous Australians won formal equality /John ChestermanSt. Lucia, Queensland University of Queensland Press20051 online resource (373 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-03677-1 0-7022-3514-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Taking Civil Rights Seriously; CHAPTER TWO: Defending Australia's Reputation: Ending Commonwealth Discrimination; CHAPTER THREE: Civil Rights and States' Rights; CHAPTER FOUR: The Limits of 'The Liberal Promise'; CHAPTER FIVE: Beyond Civil Rights: Non-Discriminationand Indigenous Rights; CHAPTER SIX: The Legacy of Civil Rights; Notes; INDEXAustralians know very little about how Indigenous Australians came to gain the civil rights that other Australians had long taken for granted. One of the key reasons for this is the entrenched belief that civil rights were handed to Indigenous people and not won by them.In this book John Chesterman draws on government and other archival material from around the country to make a compelling case that Indigenous people, together with non-Indigenous supporters, did effectively agitate for civil rights, and that this activism, in conjunction with international pressure, led to legal rAboriginal AustraliansCivil rightsAboriginal AustraliansLegal status, laws, etcElectronic books.Aboriginal AustraliansCivil rights.Aboriginal AustraliansLegal status, laws, etc.323.119915Chesterman John1967-869193MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457125703321Civil rights1940603UNINA