Histories of the colonisation of Australia have recognised distinct periods or eras in the colonial relationship: 'protection' and ‘assimilation’. It is widely understood that, in 1973, the Whitlam Government initiated a new policy era: ‘self-determination’. Yet, the defining features of this era, as well as how, why and when it ended, are far from clear. In this collection we ask: how shall we write the history of self-determination? How should we bring together, in the one narrative, innovations in public policy and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initiatives? How (dis)continuous has ‘self-determination’ been with ‘assimilation’ or with what came after? Among the contributions to this book there are different views about whether Australia is still practising ‘self-determination’ and even whether it ever did or could. This book covers domains of government policy and Indigenous agency including local government, education, land rights, the outstation movement, international law, foreign policy, capital programs, health, public administration, mission policies and the policing of identity. Each of the contributors is a specialist in his/her topic. Few of the contributors would call themselves ‘historians’, but each has met the challenge to consider Australia’s recent past as an era animated by ideas and practices of Indigenous self-determination.
Edited by:
Laura Rademaker,
Tim Rowse
Imprint: ANU Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781760463779
ISBN 10: 1760463779
Series: Aboriginal History Monographs
Publication Date: 09 September 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Tables and maps Acronyms Prefatory note How shall we write the history of self‑determination in Australia? – Laura Rademaker and Tim Rowse Part One: Self‑determination as a project of colonial authority Self-determination in action: How John Hunter and Aboriginal people in Arnhem Land anticipated official policy in the late 1960s and early 1970s – Chris Haynes An emerging Protestant doctrine of self‑determination in the Northern Territory – Laura Rademaker The Aboriginal pastoral enterprise in self‑determination policy – Charlie Ward Unmet potential: The Commonwealth Indigenous managed capital funds and self-determination – M. C. Dillon After reserves and missions: Discrete Indigenous communities in the self‑determination era – Will Sanders 'Taxpayers' money’? ATSIC and the Indigenous Sector – Katherine Curchin and Tim Rowse Part Two: Self‑determination as an Indigenous project Adult literacy, land rights and self‑determination – Bob Boughton Taking control: Aboriginal organisations and self‑determination in Redfern in the 1970s – Johanna Perheentupa Beyond land: Indigenous health and self-determination in an age of urbanisation – Maria John Self-determination’s land rights: Destined to disappoint? – Jon Altman ‘Essentially sea-going people’: How Torres Strait Islanders shaped Australia’s border – Tim Rowse Part Three: Self‑determination as principle of international law and concept in political theory Self-determination under international law and some possibilities for Australia’s Indigenous peoples – Asmi Wood Self-determination with respect to language rights – Jane Simpson Self-determination through administrative representation: Insights from theory, practice and history – Elizabeth Ganter Who is the self in Indigenous self‑determination? – Sana Nakata
