Aborigines made visible [sound recording] : from 'humbug' to politics : a lecture in the Kenneth Myer series arranged by the Friends of the National Library of Australia and held on Oct. 29, 1991 in Canberra, A.C.T. delivered by H.C. Coombs
- Bib ID:
- 1495777
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Coombs, H. C. (Herbert Cole), 1906-1997, speaker
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1991 Oct. 29
- 1 digital audio tape (60 min.)
- Series:
- Kenneth Myer lecture.
- Summary:
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Coombs outlines the evolution in Aboriginal Affairs in Australian social policy, starting with an approach by the Social Science Research Council to the Myer Foundation in 1963 for a comprehensive study of Aborigines in Australian society, how this study published in 1970 shaped the radical changes in Aboriginal government policy of the Whitlam government which replaced assimilation with self-determination. Today the Aboriginal community faces a number of on-going issues: - 1. Land rights - to what extent they can maintain their claim and control of significant land resources, and the viability of Land Councils, against encroachment by mining companies; 2. Governmental representation, particularly under the New Federalism intiated with the Hawke government, in order to be able to address effectively social issues such as Aboriginal deaths in custody; 3. Aboriginal cultural identity - can the Aboriginal community develop a strong ethnic identity to interface effectively in a multicultural Australia?
- Notes:
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- Also known as: the second lecture in the Kenneth Myer series.
- Lecture published by the Friends of the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded on Oct. 29, 1991.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Published booklet of lecture transcript available (26 p.) Timed summary available.
- Subject:
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- Australian Aboriginal Affairs Council
- Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity
- Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy
- Prisoners, Aboriginal Australian -- Death
- Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations
- Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights
- Aboriginal Australians -- Finance
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Library of Australia. Friends
- Related Records:
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1991
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