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Published 02-05-2016
ISBN 9780522869941
Pages 236
Subjects Social and political philosophy Indigenous peoples
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It's Our Country

Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful Constitutional Recognition and Reform

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Published 02-05-2016
ISBN 9780522869941
Pages 236
Subjects Social and political philosophy Indigenous peoples
Imprint MUP Digital

Why should Indigenous people have a direct say in the decisions that affect their lives? Australia is one of the only liberal democracies still grappling with such a fundamental question.

The idea of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians has become a highly political and contentious issue. It is entangled in institutional processes that rarely allow the diversity of Indigenous opinion to be expressed.

With a referendum on the agenda, it is now urgent that Indigenous people have a direct say in the form of recognition that constitutional change might achieve

It's Our Country: Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful Constitutional Recognition and Reform is a collection of essays by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander thinkers and leaders including Patrick Dodson, Noel Pearson, Dawn Casey, Nyunggai Warren Mundine and Mick Mansell. Each essay explores what recognition and constitutional reform might achieve—or not achieve—for Indigenous people.

About The Author

Megan Davis is a Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of New South Wales. Professor Marcia Langton AO is a granddaughter of Yiman and Bidjara people in Queensland where she was born and raised. She is qualified as an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the…

About The Author

Ross Jones is the Senior Research Fellow in the Indigenous History of the University of Melbourne Project in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

James Waghorne is the official historian of the University of Melbourne, based in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

Professor Marcia Langton AO is a granddaughter of…