What Do We Want?': A Political History of Aboriginal Land Rights in Nsw

Author:   Heidi Norman
Publisher:   Aboriginal Studies Press
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9781922059918


Pages:   257
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Format:   Electronic book text
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What Do We Want?': A Political History of Aboriginal Land Rights in Nsw


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The passage of land rights laws in New South Wales in 1983 saw political intrigue, deception, and disappointment as well as unprecedented engagement by Aboriginal citizens and their supporters. How could a sympathetic New South Wales State Government redress the effects of 200 years of colonization in the most densely populated state in the Commonwealth? The phrase What do we want? was the rallying call for land rights activists and Heidi Norman s insightful book begins in the late 1970s when Aboriginal people, armed with new skills, framed their land rights demands. The 1978 land rights inquiry and the laws that followed brought Aboriginal people and the state into new and different relationships of power. These have been the source of ongoing contestation ever since. For these Aboriginal people, the laws allowed an unparalleled level of involvement in government, and in governing as it opened up a host of possibilities. Thirty years later, with more than a billion dollars in land assets, a near billion-dollar investment fund, and with more than 115 local Aboriginal land councils, the resultant network of land councils is the largest Aboriginal representative body in the country. This work reveals the challenges of Aboriginal people adjusting to modernity as land councils struggle to fully realize the hopes of their members, many of whom continue to suffer chronic disadvantage.

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Author:   Heidi Norman
Publisher:   Aboriginal Studies Press
Imprint:   Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN:  

9781922059918


ISBN 10:   1922059919
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Heidi Norman is a senior lecturer in the communications program at the University of Technology, Sydney.

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