What Good Condition?: Reflections on an Australian Aboriginal Treaty 1986-2006Peter Read, Gary Meyers, Bob Reece ANU E Press, 01/12/2006 - 239 páginas "What Good Condition? collects edited papers, initially delivered at the Treaty Advancing Reconciliation conference, on the proposal for a treaty between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, a proposal which has been discussed and dissected for nearly 30 years. Featuring contributions from prominent Aboriginal community leaders, legal experts and academics, this capacious work provides an overview of the context and legacy of the residue of treaty proposals and negotiations in past decades; a consideration of the implications of treaty in an Indigenous, national and international context; and, finally, some reflections on regional aspirations and achievements."--Publisher's description. |
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Aboriginal and Torres Aboriginal customary law Aboriginal Land Aboriginal Reconciliation Aboriginal Treaty Committee achieved agreement Article ATSIC Australian Constitution Australian government British Columbia Canada Canberra challenge claims colonial Commission Commonwealth Convention Coolangatta Coolangatta Statement Coombs Council for Aboriginal creating a treaty cultural discussion Dodson economic equality federal High Court human rights Indian Indigenous Australians Indigenous Education Indigenous rights international law Islander Social Justice issues land rights language legislation Mabo v Queensland makarrata Maori Murray Islands Native Title Act negotiations Northern Territory organisations Parliament parties political principles proposal protection recognised referendum referred relations relationship Report response rights of Indigenous self-determination self-government settlement settlers Social Justice Commissioner society sovereignty Strait Islander Social Strelein Sydney terra nullius Title Act 1993 Torres Strait Islander traditional Treaty of Waitangi treaty or treaties treaty process Western Australia Yorta Yorta
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