Rob Riley [[electronic resource] ] : an Aboriginal leader's quest for justice / / Quentin Beresford
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| Autore: |
Beresford Quentin
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| Titolo: |
Rob Riley [[electronic resource] ] : an Aboriginal leader's quest for justice / / Quentin Beresford
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| Pubblicazione: | Canberra, : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.89915092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aboriginal Australians |
| Political activists - Australia | |
| Stolen generations (Australia) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| "Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies"--T.p. verso. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Bibliography: p. 354-362. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE Prisoners of Racism: The History of Rob Riley's Family -- CHAPTER TWO Bound for Assimilation: A Childhood at Sister Kate's -- CHAPTER THREE Life at the Margins: Growing up Aboriginal -- CHAPTER FOUR Apprenticeship: Joining the Aboriginal Legal Service -- CHAPTER FIVE Noonkanbah: The Struggle for Heritage -- CHAPTER SIX A Bigger Stage: The National Aboriginal Conference -- CHAPTER SEVEN Betrayal: The Demise of National Land Rights -- Enemies Within: The End of the National Aboriginal Conference -- CHAPTER NINE At the Cutting Edge: Political Battles in Canberra -- CHAPTER TEN War on All Fronts: Return to the Aboriginal Legal Service -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Mounting Despair: The Final Campaigns -- Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- ROB RILEY PERSONAL PAPERS -- RILEY AND DINAH FAMILY PAPERS -- WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE ARCHIVES -- Newspapers/Journals -- Official Documents and Reports -- Broadcast Material -- Books/Articles/Theses -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Widely regarded as one of the great Aboriginal leaders of the modern era, Rob Riley was at the centre of debates that have polarised views on race relations in Australia: national land rights, the treaty, deaths in custody, self-determination, the justice system, native title and the Stolen Generations. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rob Riley |
| ISBN: | 0-85575-681-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453606903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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