Machine derived contents note: Introduction: The Rocky Road to Reconciliation 8 -- 1 The Origins of the Land Rights Movement 15 -- 2 Rural Rebellion and Urban Action 26 -- 3 Gough Whitlam's Age of Enlightenment 36 -- 4 Legislating for Land Rights 46 -- 5 Queensland Stirs the Pot 56 -- 6 Malcolm Fraser's Many Headaches 62 -- 7 High Noon at Noonkanbah 73 -- 8 A Proliferation of Policies: Bob Hawke 82 -- 9 From Rage to Reconciliation 98 -- 10 The Mabo High Court Case 106 -- 11 The Native Title Act 119 -- 12 Social Justice versus Fiscal Responsibility 128 -- 13 The Swings and Roundabouts of Public Opinion 135 -- 14 Racial Discrimination: from Separation to Sport 148 -- 15 How Do You Say 'I'm Sorry'? 154 -- 16 Exposing the Real Agony 168 -- 17 ATSIC: the Beginning of the End 177 -- 18 Aboriginal Health: So Much Effort, So Little Progress 190 -- 19 'Shared Responsibility': a Policy of Pragmatism 197 -- 20 The Way Ahead: from Dreaming to Visioning 204
Summary
"Almost 40 years after the referendum which gave the Commonwealth, rather than the various states, power to make laws covering the Aboriginal people of Australia, there is little evidence that any real progress towards bettering their position has been made. The key issue during this time has been the battle for Aboriginal land rights, which on two occasions has ended up in the High Court." "This book is a detailed and objective account of the history of Aboriginal Affairs from the time of the referendum of 1967 to 2005. It is a sequel to the author's Aboriginal Affairs: A Brief History 1788-1994 published in 1995, and argues the case for a total overhaul of government policies and programmes."--BOOK JACKET
