| 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 |
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By J. B. Peden [et. al.] |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| Issuing Body |
Chairman: John Beverley Peden |
| Subject |
Australia. Constitution Act.
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Australia. Financial Agreement
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Australia. Financial Agreement
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Constitutional law -- Australia.
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Australia.
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| Author |
Peden, John Beverley, 1871-1946
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Australia. Inter-Imperial Relations Committee
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