Citizens without Rights: Aborigines and Australian Citizenship

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John Chesterman (University of Melbourne) Brian Galligan (University of Melbourne)

Citizens without Rights

Aborigines and Australian Citizenship

John Chesterman (University of Melbourne), Brian Galligan (University of Melbourne)

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English

Cambridge University Press
22 December 1997

History; Australasian & Pacific history; Human rights

This is the first comprehensive study of the ways in which Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders have been excluded from the rights of Australian citizenship over the past 100 years. Drawing extensively on archival material, the authors look at how the colonies initiated a policy of exclusion that was then replicated by the Commonwealth and State governments following federation. The book includes careful examination of government policies and practice from the 1880s to the 1990s. It argues that there was never any constitutional reason why Aborigines could not be granted full citizenship.

By: John Chesterman (University of Melbourne), Brian Galligan (University of Melbourne)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780521597517
ISBN 10: 052159751X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 22 December 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. The citzenship divide in colonial Victoria; 2. Under the law: Aborigines and islanders in colonial Queensland; 3. Is the constitution to blame?; 4. The Commonwealth defines the Australian citizen with Tom Clarke; 5. The states confine the Aboriginal non-citizen; 6. The slow path to civil rights; 7. From civil to indigenous rights.

Reviews for Citizens without Rights: Aborigines and Australian Citizenship

'This is an impressively detailed exposition of the legislative and administrative regimes that excluded indigenous Australians form ellective citizenship ... Chesterman and Galligan (not forgetting Tom Clarke) set out to disclose how Aborigines were rendered citizens without rights; they succeed admirably.' Russell McGregor, Australian Historical Studies The authors offer an in-depth perpsective that frames the contemporary debate about moving beyond civil to indigenous rights, and about the conditions for reconciliation more generally. Upper-division undergraduates and above. Choice ...those who do not know or need to be reminded why the makers of the constitution inserted the so-called discriminatory clauses will find the authors' lucid account invaluable. American Historical Review This is a well-researched, well-written and well-argued book. It should be essential reading for anyone trying to come seriously to grips with Australia's past and present policies towards Aborigines. It should also be essential reading for anyone interested more generally in debates about Australian citizenship. Will Sanders, Pacific Affairs