Title Report of the Royal Commission on the Constitution : together with appendices and index

Published Canberra : L.F. Johnston, Govt. printer, 1929

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	KM 76 Roy/Rot		AVAILABLE
MELB	KM 76 Roy/Rot		AVAILABLE
ADPML SPALF	342.9402 Roy/Rot		LIB USE ONLY

Description 371 page, xxiii ; 25 cm Contents Appendix A : Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act -- Appendix B : Financial Agreement dated 12-12-27 between the Commonwealth and the states -- Appendix C : Report of the Inter-Imperial Relations Committee, 1926 (Extracts) Summary Reports on the powers of the Commonwealth under the Constitution and the working of the Constitution since Federation; Report on Aboriginesp. 219 mentions exclusion of Aborigines from section 51 (xxvi) - Commonwealth has no power to make laws affecting Aboriginal people; discussion of arguments for and against Commonwealth control of Aboriginal affairs; mention that Australia's reputation may be affected by its treatment of Aborigines; p. 220 desirable that the treatment of Aborigines should be in the states which control their lands; example given of protection system in state of Queensland as being the most satisfactory in the Commonwealth (refers to Bleakley Report of 1929); cattle theft reduced by cattle from Moola Bulla Station in Western Australia being killed daily to feed visiting Aborigines; Recommendations of majority p.270 propose that section 51 (xxvi) not be amended to empower the Commonwealth to make laws with respect to Aborigines; Minority report p. 303 recommendsCommonwealth control of Aboriginal affairs Analysis Constitutional law - Australia Notes At head of title : Commonwealth of Australia By J. B. Peden [et. al.] Includes index Bibliography Includes index Issuing Body Chairman: John Beverley Peden Subject Australia. Constitution Act. Australia. Financial Agreement Australia. Financial Agreement Constitutional law -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 Author Peden, John Beverley, 1871-1946 Australia. Inter-Imperial Relations Committee

  Permalink