Aboriginal Autonomy: Issues and StrategiesAfter more than two hundred years, one of the most important moral issues facing Australian society in the 1990s remains the need for reconciliation with its indigenous people. In this selection of essays, H. C. Coombs reflects on the nature of Aboriginal identity and the importance of autonomy for Australiaas Aboriginal people. He also suggests strategies by which self-determination might be achieved in practice. Many of the chapters have been written especially for this volume - including one in which Dr Coombs makes a thoughtful and provocative contribution to the Mabo debate, linking the High Courtas historic 1992 decision on native title to prospects for Aboriginal autonomy. Dr Coombs writes with the conviction that mainstreama Australia stands to gain as much, if not more, than Aboriginal people from the fulfilment of Aboriginal aspirations. It is a personal and passionate plea for a just society, from one of white Australia's most influential and eloquent advocates of self-determination for its indigenous people. |
Contents
The making of Aboriginal identity | 2 |
The future of the homeland movement | 24 |
Warlpiri land use and management | 32 |
The implications of land rights | 39 |
Economic social and spiritual factors in Aboriginal health | 54 |
Aboriginal education and the issues underlying Aboriginal deaths in custody | 66 |
Aboriginal work and economy | 76 |
The ideology of development in the East Kimberley | 86 |
Aborigines and the Treaty of Waitangi | 143 |
Aboriginal initiatives on the land | 156 |
Initiatives in Aboriginal political organisation | 171 |
Education taking control | 187 |
The Mabo decision a basis for Aboriginal autonomy? | 200 |
Negotiating future autonomy | 220 |
The Eva Valley Statement | 231 |
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Aborigines and resources from humbug to negotiation | 100 |
The McArthur River development a case in point | 111 |
The Yirrkala proposals for the control of law and order | 118 |
Aboriginal political leadership and the role of the National Aboriginal Conference | 131 |
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