02746nam 2200553 a 450 991081612940332120241106011742.00-7022-4056-7(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCivil rights how indigenous Australians won formal equality /John ChestermanSt. Lucia, Queensland University of Queensland Press20051 online resource (xiii, 357 pages)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, etcPolitics and Government - Civil rights and citizenshipaiatsissAboriginal AustraliansCivil rights.Aboriginal AustraliansLegal status, laws, etc.Politics and Government - Civil rights and citizenship.323.119915Chesterman John1967-1590025MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816129403321Civil rights4127571UNINA