Ann Curthoys (Canberra Australian National University), Jessie Mitchell
Taking Liberty
Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in Colonial Australia, 1830-1890
Ann Curthoys (Canberra Australian National University), Jessie Mitchell
Taking Liberty
Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in Colonial Australia, 1830-1890
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At last a history of how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. Set within the broader context of colonial politics, it shows how Britain's policies influenced the treatment of indigenous Australians and how indigenous people began to engage in their own ways with the new political institutions.
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At last a history of how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. Set within the broader context of colonial politics, it shows how Britain's policies influenced the treatment of indigenous Australians and how indigenous people began to engage in their own ways with the new political institutions.
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- Critical Perspectives on Empire
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 446
- Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 652g
- ISBN-13: 9781107446847
- ISBN-10: 1107446848
- Artikelnr.: 59583386
- Critical Perspectives on Empire
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 446
- Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 652g
- ISBN-13: 9781107446847
- ISBN-10: 1107446848
- Artikelnr.: 59583386
Ann Curthoys is an Australian historian who has written on many aspects of Australian history. Her many books include Freedom Ride: A Freedom Rider Remembers (2002), which won the Stanner Prize from the Australian Institute of indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Studies, was 'Highly Commended' for Non-Fiction in the Australian Human Rights awards and was shortlisted for the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies Award for Non-Fiction.
Introduction: how settlers gained self-government and indigenous people
(almost) lost it; Part I. A Four-Cornered Contest: British Government,
Settlers, Missionaries and Indigenous Peoples: 1. Colonialism and
catastrophe: 1830; 2. 'Another new world inviting our occupation':
colonisation and the beginnings of humanitarian intervention, 1831-1837; 3.
Settlers oppose indigenous protection: 1837-1842; 4. A colonial conundrum:
settler rights versus indigenous rights, 1837-1842; 5. Who will control the
land? Colonial and imperial debates 1842-1846; Part II. Towards
Self-Government: 6. Who will govern the settlers? Imperial and settler
desires, visions, utopias, 1846-1850; 7. 'No place for the sole of their
feet': imperial-colonial dialogue on Aboriginal land rights, 1846-1851; 8.
Who will govern Aboriginal people? Britain transfers control of Aboriginal
policy to the colonies, 1852-1854; 9. The dark side of responsible
government? Britain and indigenous people in the self-governing colonies,
1854-1870; Part III. Self-Governing Colonies and Indigenous People,
1856-c.1870: 10. Ghosts of the past, people of the present: Tasmania; 11.
'A refugee in our own land': governing Aboriginal people in Victoria; 12.
Aboriginal survival in New South Wales; 13. Their worst fears realised: the
disaster of Queensland; 14. A question of honour in the colony that was
meant to be different: Aboriginal policy in South Australia; Part IV.
Self-Government for Western Australia: 15. 'A little short of slavery':
forced Aboriginal labour in Western Australia 1856-1884; 16. 'A slur upon
the colony': making Western Australia's unusual constitution, 1885-1890;
Conclusion.
(almost) lost it; Part I. A Four-Cornered Contest: British Government,
Settlers, Missionaries and Indigenous Peoples: 1. Colonialism and
catastrophe: 1830; 2. 'Another new world inviting our occupation':
colonisation and the beginnings of humanitarian intervention, 1831-1837; 3.
Settlers oppose indigenous protection: 1837-1842; 4. A colonial conundrum:
settler rights versus indigenous rights, 1837-1842; 5. Who will control the
land? Colonial and imperial debates 1842-1846; Part II. Towards
Self-Government: 6. Who will govern the settlers? Imperial and settler
desires, visions, utopias, 1846-1850; 7. 'No place for the sole of their
feet': imperial-colonial dialogue on Aboriginal land rights, 1846-1851; 8.
Who will govern Aboriginal people? Britain transfers control of Aboriginal
policy to the colonies, 1852-1854; 9. The dark side of responsible
government? Britain and indigenous people in the self-governing colonies,
1854-1870; Part III. Self-Governing Colonies and Indigenous People,
1856-c.1870: 10. Ghosts of the past, people of the present: Tasmania; 11.
'A refugee in our own land': governing Aboriginal people in Victoria; 12.
Aboriginal survival in New South Wales; 13. Their worst fears realised: the
disaster of Queensland; 14. A question of honour in the colony that was
meant to be different: Aboriginal policy in South Australia; Part IV.
Self-Government for Western Australia: 15. 'A little short of slavery':
forced Aboriginal labour in Western Australia 1856-1884; 16. 'A slur upon
the colony': making Western Australia's unusual constitution, 1885-1890;
Conclusion.
Introduction: how settlers gained self-government and indigenous people
(almost) lost it; Part I. A Four-Cornered Contest: British Government,
Settlers, Missionaries and Indigenous Peoples: 1. Colonialism and
catastrophe: 1830; 2. 'Another new world inviting our occupation':
colonisation and the beginnings of humanitarian intervention, 1831-1837; 3.
Settlers oppose indigenous protection: 1837-1842; 4. A colonial conundrum:
settler rights versus indigenous rights, 1837-1842; 5. Who will control the
land? Colonial and imperial debates 1842-1846; Part II. Towards
Self-Government: 6. Who will govern the settlers? Imperial and settler
desires, visions, utopias, 1846-1850; 7. 'No place for the sole of their
feet': imperial-colonial dialogue on Aboriginal land rights, 1846-1851; 8.
Who will govern Aboriginal people? Britain transfers control of Aboriginal
policy to the colonies, 1852-1854; 9. The dark side of responsible
government? Britain and indigenous people in the self-governing colonies,
1854-1870; Part III. Self-Governing Colonies and Indigenous People,
1856-c.1870: 10. Ghosts of the past, people of the present: Tasmania; 11.
'A refugee in our own land': governing Aboriginal people in Victoria; 12.
Aboriginal survival in New South Wales; 13. Their worst fears realised: the
disaster of Queensland; 14. A question of honour in the colony that was
meant to be different: Aboriginal policy in South Australia; Part IV.
Self-Government for Western Australia: 15. 'A little short of slavery':
forced Aboriginal labour in Western Australia 1856-1884; 16. 'A slur upon
the colony': making Western Australia's unusual constitution, 1885-1890;
Conclusion.
(almost) lost it; Part I. A Four-Cornered Contest: British Government,
Settlers, Missionaries and Indigenous Peoples: 1. Colonialism and
catastrophe: 1830; 2. 'Another new world inviting our occupation':
colonisation and the beginnings of humanitarian intervention, 1831-1837; 3.
Settlers oppose indigenous protection: 1837-1842; 4. A colonial conundrum:
settler rights versus indigenous rights, 1837-1842; 5. Who will control the
land? Colonial and imperial debates 1842-1846; Part II. Towards
Self-Government: 6. Who will govern the settlers? Imperial and settler
desires, visions, utopias, 1846-1850; 7. 'No place for the sole of their
feet': imperial-colonial dialogue on Aboriginal land rights, 1846-1851; 8.
Who will govern Aboriginal people? Britain transfers control of Aboriginal
policy to the colonies, 1852-1854; 9. The dark side of responsible
government? Britain and indigenous people in the self-governing colonies,
1854-1870; Part III. Self-Governing Colonies and Indigenous People,
1856-c.1870: 10. Ghosts of the past, people of the present: Tasmania; 11.
'A refugee in our own land': governing Aboriginal people in Victoria; 12.
Aboriginal survival in New South Wales; 13. Their worst fears realised: the
disaster of Queensland; 14. A question of honour in the colony that was
meant to be different: Aboriginal policy in South Australia; Part IV.
Self-Government for Western Australia: 15. 'A little short of slavery':
forced Aboriginal labour in Western Australia 1856-1884; 16. 'A slur upon
the colony': making Western Australia's unusual constitution, 1885-1890;
Conclusion.