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1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Table of Contents; Tables, Figures and Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Intervention; Chapter Two: The Seven Pillars of Aboriginal Exception to the Australian State; Chapter Three: Sporting Intervention; Chapter Four: Change from the Ground up; Chapter Five: The Intervention, Stronger Futures and Racial Discrimination; Chapter Six: Rampant Misrepresentation; Chapter Seven: Stories of the Intervention; Chapter Eight: A "Place to Start"; Chapter Nine: The Intervention in Indigenous Literature |
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Chapter Ten: Reassessing Indigenous Self-Determination in Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country (2014)Chapter Eleven: "An Australian Government Initiative: Criminal"; Chapter Twelve: Imposed Solutions versus Local Aspirations; Chapter Thirteen: The Protector of Aborigines in Colonial Western Australia; Chapter Fourteen: "Who Are the Aborigines?"; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Just prior to the federal election of 2007, the Australian government led by John Howard decreed the "Northern Territory National Emergency Response", commonly known as the Intervention, officially in reaction to an investigation by the Northern Territory government into allegedly rampant sexual abuse and neglect of Indigenous children. The emergency laws authorised the Australian government to drastically intervene in the self-determination of Indigenous communities in contravention of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Far from improving the living con. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- 21st century -- Congresses.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Aboriginal Australians. |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations -- Congresses.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. |
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Australia -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- Congresses.
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Australia. |
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Ethnic relations. |
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2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Baehr, Elisabeth, editor.
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Schmidt-Haberkamp, Barbara, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Original 1443898635 9781443898638 (OCoLC)973378529 |
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1443891541 (e-book) |
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9781443891547 |
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1443898635 |
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9781443898638 |
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