$34.95 (Paperback book / Aboriginal Stud Pr / ISBN:9780855755553)
Nineteen Sixty Seven Referendum
On 27 May 1967 a remarkable event occurred. An overwhelming majority of electors voted in a national referendum to amend clauses of the Australian Constitution concerning Aboriginal people. Today it is commonly regarded as a turning point in the history of relations between Indigenous and white Australians. This was the historic moment when citizenship rights were granted including the vote and the Commonwealth at long last assumed responsibility for Aboriginal affairs. But the referendum did none of these things.
The 1967 Referendum explores the legal and political significance of the referendum and the long struggle by black and white Australians for constitutional change. It traces the emergence of a series of powerful narratives about the Australian Constitution and the status of Aborigines, revealing how and why the referendum campaign acquired so much significance, and has since become the subject of highly charged myth in contemporary Australia.
Attwood and Markuss text is complemented by personal recollections of the campaign by a range of Indigenous people, historical documents and photographs.
Bain Attwood is an Associate Professor of History in the School of Historical Studies at Monash University and Adjunct Professor at the Australian National Universitys Centre for Cross-Cultural Research. Andrew Markus is Professor of Jewish Civilisation and the Academic Director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilisation. Both have written extensively on Aboriginal history and Australian race relations
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$37.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Once upon a time disagreement among historians was a matter for
genteel debate in lecture theatres. Now claim and passionate
counterclaim spill over into newspapers, radio talkback shows and
pubs.
Bain Attwood takes us ... More »
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$54.99 (Hardcover book / Miegunyah Press )
Possession: Batman’s Treaty and the Matter of History tells the fascinating story of the only treaties ever made in Australia. It contemplates why these agreements were forged, how the Aboriginal people understood thei... More »
Nineteen Sixty Seven Referendum
$34.95 (Paperback book / Aboriginal Stud Pr )
On 27 May 1967 a remarkable event occurred. An overwhelming majority of electors voted in a national referendum to amend clauses of the Australian Constitution concerning Aboriginal people. Today it is commonly regarded ... More »
Rights For Aborigines
$39.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
We cannot help but wonder why it has taken the white Australians
just on 200 years to recognise us as a race of people Bill Onus,
1967
Aboriginal people were the original landowners in Australia, yet
this was easily forg... More »