Possession : Batman's treaty and the matter of history / Bain Attwood with Helen Doyle
- Bib ID:
- 4469837
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Attwood, Bain
- Description:
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- Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press, 2009
- xv, 415 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps(some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780522851144
- Summary:
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Fascinating story of the only treaties ever made between white settlers and Aboriginal people in Australia. It contemplates why whites forged these agreements & how the Aboriginal people understood their terms, why the government repudiated them & how the whites claimed to be the rightful owners.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 378-401.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Aboriginal Australians -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treaties
- Politics and Government - Political action - Civil rights
- Law - Constitutional law - Treaty movement
- Politics and Government - Political action - Land rights
- Social events - Anniversary celebrations
- Politics and Government - National symbols and events - Memorials and commemorations
- Land rights
- Kulin people (S21.1) (Vic SI54, SJ54)
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Australia -- Race relations
- Victoria (Vic)
- Melbourne (Vic SJ55-05)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Doyle, Helen, 1967-
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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