Citizens Without Rights - Aborigines and Australian Citizenship

Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive study of the ways in which Australia's indigenous population has been denied the rights of citizenship over the past 100 years. The book examines govvernment policies and practice and argues that there was never any constitutional reason why Aborigines could not be granted full citizenship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The citzenship divide in colonial Victoria; 2. Under the law: Aborigines and islanders in colonial Queensland; 3. Is the constitution to blame?; 4. The Commonwealth defines the Australian citizen with Tom Clarke; 5. The states confine the Aboriginal non-citizen; 6. The slow path to civil rights; 7. From civil to indigenous rights.

Product details

• Authors: John Chesterman, John Galligan Chesterman, Chesterman John, Brian Galligan, Chesterman John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.1997
• EAN: 9780521592307
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59230-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Australia, 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Australasian & Pacific history, Human rights, civil rights, Australasian and Pacific history