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Title

Taking a stand : land rights to reconciliation / Robert Tickner.

Author

Tickner, Robert.

Publication

Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2001.

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Description

xxv, 350 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Taking a Stand is a candid account of six crowded years in the struggle for the rights of the first Australians. Told by our longest-serving Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, it gives the inside story of a succession of turning points in the history of black/white relations." "The creation of ATSIC, the passage of the Native Title Act following the High Court's Mabo decision, the appointment of the 'stolen generations' inquiry, the birth of the reconciliation process, the establishment of the Indigenous Land Fund - these are just some of the initiatives chronicled by a major participant." "From 1990 to 1996 Robert Tickner was in the thick of the fray as the federal governments confronted a two-century long legacy of neglect and discrimination, in circumstances which became increasingly bitter. Here the realities of the political contest are revealed - and the author frankly acknowledges that inertia and hostility to indigenous needs were not solely the property of the Opposition."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
• Australia. Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
• Australia
• Aboriginal Australians > Government policy
• Aboriginal Australians > Legal status
• Aboriginal Australians > Legal status, laws, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-337) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The historical context: From massacres to Mabo -- 2. The reconciliation process -- 3. ATSIC: A radical shift towards self-determination -- 4. Aboriginal deaths in custody -- 5. Mabo: a peaceful beginning -- 6. The battle begins and the lines are drawn -- 7. Wik ignites -- 8. A strategic win and a bitter defeat -- 9. The Commonwealth draws the fire -- 10. Getting the Native Title Act over the line -- 11. Land for the dispossessed -- 12. The Torres Strait Islanders: Australia's forgotten indigenous people -- 13. Heritage, culture and Hindmarsh Island -- 14. Aboriginal health: A fixable problem -- 15. The world is watching: International action to protect indigenous rights -- 16. Does reconciliation stand a chance?

ISBN

1865080519 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 47102125
• SCSB-11347577

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library