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Aboriginal self-determination in Australia / Christine Fletcher (editor).

By: Fletcher, Christine
Contributor(s): Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | Aboriginal Peoples, Federalism and Self-determination Conference ((1993: Townsville, Qld). )
Language: English Publisher: Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994.Description: xviii, 204p. : ill., maps ; 28cm.ISBN: 0855752521Ownership: WBF Trust
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Includes bibl. notes. - Proceedings of a conference celebrating the International Year for the World's Indigenous Peoples, entitled "Aboriginal peoples, federalism and self-determination", Townsville, Queensland, 1993. - Contents: Keynote address / Lois O'Donoghue; Self-determination: dispelling some of the public myths / M. Reynolds; Land and customary law / H. Reynolds; Black and white perspectives on Australian political history / May O'Brien; Self-determination and managing the future / C. Perkins; Aboriginal self-government / D. Pearce; Administration and self-determination / Pat Turner; Self-determination and reconciliation / B. Hollingsworth; Self-determination and constitutional change / C. Saunders; International law and sovereignty / G. Nettheim; Constitutional possibilities for self-determination / F. Brennan; Public attitudes to aboriginal issues / B. Galligan; National Aboriginal Constitutional Convention report / Heather Brown, D. Pearce; Kimberley: the need for self-government / Peter Yu; Self-government in the Torres Strait islands / Getano Lui; Indigenous self-government and self-determination: overlapping jurisdictions at Cape York / M. Langton; Aboriginal local government power in western Australia / Damien McLean; Aboriginal self-government and state borders / S.B. de Rose; Aboriginal law and colonial law since Mabo / N. Pearson; Taking control of resources / M. Mansell; Aboriginal self-determination: can state laws cope? / R. Riley; Strong promises on paper: treaties and aboriginal title in Canada / P. Tennant; Insights and overview / Cliff Walsh; Reconciliation of all Australians / Russell Mathews.

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