Australia's Commonwealth Self-Determination Policy 1972-1998

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Australia's Commonwealth Self-Determination Policy 1972-1998 5_ê_o) Australia's Commonwealth Self-determination Policy 197 2'1998: The Imagined Nation and the Continuing Control of Indigenous Existence Stephen Jenkins Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of PhilosoPhY The Politics Department University of Adelaide September 2002 Dedicated to the memory of my beloved Grandmother Katherine MarY Thomas September 191 1 - JulY 2002 Time held me green and dYing Though I sang in my chains like the sea. D.M.T. ll Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abstract vi Introduction T Section One 11 1 Indigenous self-determination and its loss through British possesslon 2'settlers' and aculture of control 1788-1972 37 Section Two 3 Nation and culture: the development of the nation-state 74 4 The imagining of White Australia and its impact on t19 Indigenous people 5 The rise and 'demise' of the white nation: controlling the t4'l Indigenous other Section Three 6 The V/hitlam Government's policy of Indigenous self- 175 determination: the continuation of control 7 The Fraser Government's policy of Indigenous self- 203 management: the retreat from "self-determination" 8 The Hawke Government's policy of Indigenous self- 227 determination: ATSIC as the vehicle for "self- determination" 9 The Keating Government's policy of Indigenous self- 260 determination: in the big picture 10 The Howard Government's policy of Indigenous self- 292 management: back to the Past Conclusion 326 Bibliography 336 111 Declaration This work contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university or other tertiary institutions and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, contains no material previously published or written by any other person, except where due reference is made in the text. I consent to this copy of my thesis, when deposited in the University Library, being available for loan and photocopying. Stephen Jenkins May 2003 1V Acknowledgements I would like to thank Greg McCarthy and Clem Macintyre for their excellent supervision, encoufagement, and support, they were always available and offered valuable advice and critiques on the thesis. Many thanks also go to Chris McElhinney and Tina Esca for their valued administrative and technical support. Equally thanks to the academic staff and post-graduates of the Politics Department for their friendship and support, in particular David Olney and Margaret Macilwain. Thanks also go to my good friends Michel Adams and Roxanne Leunig for all their valuable IT support, interest and encouragement. I also want to acknowledge Margaret Priwer and the staff of the University of Adelaide Law Library for their assistance in my research through seemingly endless volumes of Hansard. Thanks also to Kerrie Round for her final editing advice. Finally the completion of this thesis would not have been possible without the encouragement and full support of my long-suffering family to whom I owe the greatest debt. Thanks to my wife Claire and daughters Meryl, Alys, Sally and Julia. 2. Abstract The central argument of this thesis is that the Australian nation is the primary obstacle to the granting of self-determination to Indigenous people. It will be argued that this is because the Australian nation is imagined and constituted as a monocultural entity, one that resists any divisions within the national space on the basis of culture or 'race'. In the Iate eighteenth-century the British used contemporary English and international law to justify their possession of the Australian continent and never engaged with Indigenous people in any form of treaty, negotiations or purchase of their land. The doctrine of terra nulliu.s came to be the central justification of possession, meaning that Australia was legally considered to be a continent without a people or law. From the earliest days of British colonisation Indigenous people began to lose their sovereignty and self-determination because a culture of control developed towards them by the colonisers. Since then they have been subjected to a succession of government policies that have sought to control almost every aspect of their lives. It will be argued that Indigenous people have been dealt with in this way because of how the Australian nation developed. It will be demonstrated that Australia adopted the classical European model of the nation, which resulted in the dominant Anglo-Celtic culture imposing its cultural values, norrns and practices throughout its territory to the exclusion of Indigenous cultures. In IgjZ as a response to Australia's changing views on its history and relationship to Indigenous people, demonstrated in the success of the 1967 refetendum, the Whitlam government instituted what was seen a radical shift in Indigenous policy away from assimilation to one of self-determination. Thus acknowledging the need, and right, of Indigenous people to be able to determine their own lives. V1 Nevertheless, the thesis will argue that the change was more cosmetic than substantial and will through an analysis of five governments show that control has remained a primary concern. This was demonstrated when the 1992 High Court Mabo judgement overtumed the doctrine of terra nullius, but failed to fundamentally alter the exercise of power over them. As a result of this continuing control and disempowerment Indigenous people remain unable to determine their existence according to their own cultural values, nonns and practices. The thesis will further argue that the Australian nation needs to be re-imagined and reconstituted in an inclusive way that will accommodate Indigenous self- determination. v11 lntroduction fThroughout Australia's post-1788 history Indigenous people have been denied the recognition and accommodation within the nation of their inherent right to self- determination as distinct peoples. Instead, they have been subjected to a succession of overt, as well as more subtle, forms of control. This control over Indigenous people has ranged, in the extreme, from violence perpetrated by settlers and govemments,l through to policies that purport to be restoring their "lost power of self-determination".2 For most of Australia's colonial history the assumption was that Indigenous people would become 'extinct' and thus resolve the Indigenous 'problem'. 'When it was realised that they would survive 'settlement' a policy of assimilation was adopted whereby they would have to conform to Non-indigenous modes of living. In the early I97Os there was undoubtedly a shift in government attitude that gave recognition to the right of Indigenous people to control their own existence. However, despite the shift from a policy of assimilation to one of self- determination there remains a sense of apprehension on the part of governments, irrespective of their ideology, about what the Australian nation would become if Indigenous people were empowered to determine their own futuret It is argued in this thesis that in order to accommodate substantive Indigenous self-detetmination there needs to be a paradigm shift in the dominant conception of nation, or a re- imagining of the nation, to one that inclusively recognises the legitimacy of the original and sovereign rights of Indigenous people, Nevertheless, the policies of the major parties remain entrenched in a 'white Australia' paradigm of nation, one that 2 assumes the 'superiority' and dominance of Anglo-Celtic culture. As a consequence, there has been a demonstrable attitude of ambivalence towards Indigenous people. This attitude is evident in the informed and seemingly genuine desire on the part of Commonwealth govemments to resolve the Indigenous 'problem', but which is negated by the overwhelming 'need' to perpetuate control over them in the interest of national unity and social cohesion, as though the integrity of the nation would somehow be threatened by the accommodation of Indigenous self-determination. The origin of the Australian nation began at a significant time in the development of modern 'Western national polities. The colonisation of Australia in 1788 corresponded with the formation of nations that had developed out of such significant events as the French and American revolutions. The decline of religious institutions and monarchic dynasties made way for new forms of governance based on humanistic and enlightenment principles, out of which developed the ideas of nations and nationalism. In parallel there also developed a body of international law that defined the rights and obligations of nations, including the concept of self- determination. It will be argued that Australia developed in the form of a classical European nation, that is, as a hegemonic mono-cultural polity. The inevitable consequence of this was the exclusion of Indigenous people from the nation, while nevertheless absorbing these people into the territory of the nascent nation. It will also be argued that a presumption of the 'superiority' of the national culture is embedded within the idea of the Australian nation, which consequently implies the 'inferiority' of Indigenous culture. The co-existence of two diverse cultures on the Australian continent resulted in conflict and the subsequent dispossession of Indigenous people by the dominant European colonisers, depriving them of their J means to self-determination. It will further be argued that culture is the formative material out of which national institutions emerge, inclusive of legislatures, executives, judiciaries and bureaucracies; and out of which defining national documents also emanate, such as constitutions,
Recommended publications
  • ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Revellers at New Year’S Eve 2018 – the Night Is Yours
    AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Revellers at New Year’s Eve 2018 – The Night is Yours. Image: Jared Leibowtiz Cover: Dianne Appleby, Yawuru Cultural Leader, and her grandson Zeke 11 September 2019 The Hon Paul Fletcher MP Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Minister The Board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is pleased to present its Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2019. The report was prepared for section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, in accordance with the requirements of that Act and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983. It was approved by the Board on 11 September 2019 and provides a comprehensive review of the ABC’s performance and delivery in line with its Charter remit. The ABC continues to be the home and source of Australian stories, told across the nation and to the world. The Corporation’s commitment to innovation in both storytelling and broadcast delivery is stronger than ever, as the needs of its audiences rapidly evolve in line with technological change. Australians expect an independent, accessible public broadcasting service which produces quality drama, comedy and specialist content, entertaining and educational children’s programming, stories of local lives and issues, and news and current affairs coverage that holds power to account and contributes to a healthy democratic process. The ABC is proud to provide such a service. The ABC is truly Yours. Sincerely, Ita Buttrose AC OBE Chair Letter to the Minister iii ABC Radio Melbourne Drive presenter Raf Epstein.
    [Show full text]
  • Rethinking "Race" and Exclusion in Social Policy
    A New Look at the Old "Race" Language: Rethinking "Race" and Exclusion in Social Policy ChorSwang Ngin California State University, Los Angeles This essay is an examination of the use of the notion IIrace" current in American social science literature and public discourse. It argues that the current assumptions of IIrace" are mistaken and lead to misunderstanding and misdi­ rected social policy. A rethinking of the notions of IIrace" requires making a paradigmatic shift of the old categories of IIrace" and IIrace relations" to a new language that rejects ' IIrace" as a descriptive and an analytical category. It examines the processes through which IIracist" social poli­ cies are enacted against Asian immigrants in contemporary Southern California. INTRODUCTION The "race" language in contemporary scholarly and media dis­ course in the United States is most ubiquitous. Major media head­ lines after the Los Angeles riots included "Race and Rage" (U.S. News and World Report), "Rethinking Race and Crime in America" and "Beyond Black and White" (Newsweek), "Why Race Still Divides American and its People" (Time) and more recently, "Blacks vs Browns" (Atlantic Monthly). In the aftermath of the riots, academics and journalists analyzed the riots as though it were a matter of "race relations": first it was a problem between blacks and whites, then between blacks and Koreans, and then between blacks and Latinos, and back to blacks and whites as public attention focuses on the Reginald Denny incident as the case goes to trial. The intent of this paper is not to attempt to grasp the meanings and the causes of the earth-shaking events in Los Angeles, but to deconstruct the worn-out vocabulary of "race" and "race relations" and the narrow framework that has dominated academic writing, official governmental practices, and discourse on social relations.
    [Show full text]
  • Festival Films BUSINESS SCHOOL
    Uniview Vol. 28 No. 1, Summer 2009 Festival Films BUSINESS SCHOOL Join our Corporate Circle Program and keep in the loop. James Mactier Tracey Horton Jimmy Wilson Sunny Takashi Susan Oldmeadow-Hall Chris Ryder B Agr Ec (Hons), B Ec (Hons) UWA BSc Natal Uni, South Africa B Int Law, Waseda Uni, Japan B Com (UWA) LLB (Hons), Victoria Uni, NZ University of Sydney MBA Stanford University President: BHP Billiton General Manager: Partner: Ernst & Young MBA, Trinity College, Dublin Executive Director: Dean: UWA Business School Stainless Steel Materials Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd Assurance and Advisory Partner-In-Charge, Perth Offi ce: Macquarie Bank Limited Chair: D’Orsogna Board Member: Perth Offi ce, Business Services, Corrs Chambers Westgarth Trustee: UWA Business School Chairman: Japanese Association Associate Member: Institute Admitted: Barrister & Solicitor Western Australian Museum of Western Australia. of Chartered Accounts, in New Zealand and Governor: Western Australian Fellow: Australian Institute of Western Australia Museum Foundation Company Directors (AICD), Financial Member: Construction BC&YUNBS107 Member: Services Institute of Australasia, Committee of Law Council Edge Employment Board Member: AICD’s National of Australia Financial Reporting Committee, Ernst & Young’s Global IFRS Extractive Industries Group, and Women’s Leadership Group. Looking to develop an ongoing and supportive relationship with The University of Western Australia’s Business School, the broader business community, and like-minded Business Professionals? The Business School Corporate Circle Program is a membership-style program providing companies with information, networking, training, hospitality and acknowledgement benefi ts. Membership categories include Silver ($10,000) and Gold ($20,000). For further information, please contact Kylie Aitkenhead on (08) 6488 8538.
    [Show full text]
  • BHG Events 1981-2017
    BHG Events 1981-2017 Date Title Activity Venue Speakers Papers BHG Pub n 1981 28 March Public, Practical and Personal Workshop Bardon Professional John Laverty Local government in Brisbane: An historiographical view P1 Brisbane Development Centre Richard Allom The built environment as an historical resource P1 Tom Watson Schooling in urban context P1 John Wheeler Imagination versus documentation in urban evolution P1 Geoff Cossins Tracing the Brisbane water supply P1 Fred Annand SEQEB and the perpetual record P1 John Kerr The evolving railways of Brisbane P1 Colin Sheehan The mosaic of source material P1 John Cole Deciding research strategies for historical society: The P1 lifecourse approach Meredith Walker Delineating the character of the Queensland house P1 27 May Settling the Suburbs: New Seminar St Thomas’ Anglican Helen Gregory Early occupation of land in south-west Brisbane P1 Approaches to Community History Hall, Toowong Helen Bennett Studying a community concept: Late nineteenth century Toowong 27 July Brisbane’s Industrial Monuments Walk/drive Brisbane city: Windmill (Ray Whitmore) tour to Botanic Gardens 9 August Illustrated talk on City life in Historic Lecture UQ Forgan Smith Mark Girouard City life in historic Bath Bath Building 13 September Investigating Wolston House (1853) – Talk, tour Wolston House, Wacol Ray Oliver Investigating Wolston House (1853) a talk and tour about the house, property and owners 24 October The Historical Ups and Downs of Talk, walk/ Caxton Street Hall Rod Fisher The historical ups and downs of
    [Show full text]
  • The Making of White Australia
    The making of White Australia: Ruling class agendas, 1876-1888 Philip Gavin Griffiths A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University December 2006 I declare that the material contained in this thesis is entirely my own work, except where due and accurate acknowledgement of another source has been made. Philip Gavin Griffiths Page v Contents Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xiii Abstract xv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 A review of the literature 4 A ruling class policy? 27 Methodology 35 Summary of thesis argument 41 Organisation of the thesis 47 A note on words and comparisons 50 Chapter 2 Class analysis and colonial Australia 53 Marxism and class analysis 54 An Australian ruling class? 61 Challenges to Marxism 76 A Marxist theory of racism 87 Chapter 3 Chinese people as a strategic threat 97 Gold as a lever for colonisation 105 The Queensland anti-Chinese laws of 1876-77 110 The ‘dangers’ of a relatively unsettled colonial settler state 126 The Queensland ruling class galvanised behind restrictive legislation 131 Conclusion 135 Page vi Chapter 4 The spectre of slavery, or, who will do ‘our’ work in the tropics? 137 The political economy of anti-slavery 142 Indentured labour: The new slavery? 149 The controversy over Pacific Islander ‘slavery’ 152 A racially-divided working class: The real spectre of slavery 166 Chinese people as carriers of slavery 171 The ruling class dilemma: Who will do ‘our’ work in the tropics? 176 A divided continent? Parkes proposes to unite the south 183 Conclusion
    [Show full text]
  • From Constitutional Convention to Republic Referendum: a Guide to the Processes, the Issues and the Participants ISSN 1328-7478
    Department of the Parliamentary Library INFORMATION AND RESEARCH SERVICES •~J..>t~)~.J&~l<~t~& Research Paper No. 25 1998-99 From Constitutional Convention to Republic Referendum: A Guide to the Processes, the Issues and the Participants ISSN 1328-7478 © Copyright Commonwealth ofAustralia 1999 Except to the exteot of the uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including information storage and retrieval systems, without the prior written consent of the Department ofthe Parliamentary Library, other than by Senators and Members ofthe Australian Parliament in the course oftheir official duties. This paper has been prepared for general distribntion to Senators and Members ofthe Australian Parliament. While great care is taken to ensure that the paper is accurate and balanced,the paper is written using information publicly available at the time of production. The views expressed are those of the author and should not be attributed to the Information and Research Services (IRS). Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion. Readers are reminded that the paper is not an official parliamentary or Australian govermnent document. IRS staff are available to discuss the paper's contents with Senators and Members and their staffbut not with members ofthe public. , ,. Published by the Department ofthe Parliamentary Library, 1999 INFORMATION AND RESEARCH SERVICES , Research Paper No. 25 1998-99 From Constitutional Convention to Republic Referendum: A Guide to the Processes, the Issues and the Participants Professor John Warhurst Consultant, Politics and Public Administration Group , 29 June 1999 Acknowledgments This is to acknowledge the considerable help that I was given in producing this paper.
    [Show full text]
  • The Most Vitriolic Parliament
    THE MOST VITRIOLIC PARLIAMENT EVIDENCE OF THE VITRIOLIC NATURE OF THE 43 RD PARLIAMENT AND POTENTIAL CAUSES Nicolas Adams, 321 382 For Master of Arts (Research), June 2016 The University of Melbourne, School of Social and Political Sciences Supervisors: Prof. John Murphy, Dr. Scott Brenton i Abstract It has been suggested that the period of the Gillard government was the most vitriolic in recent political history. This impression has been formed by many commentators and actors, however very little quantitative data exists which either confirms or disproves this theory. Utilising an analysis of standing orders within the House of Representatives it was found that a relatively fair case can be made that the 43rd parliament was more vitriolic than any in the preceding two decades. This period in the data, however, was trumped by the first year of the Abbott government. Along with this conclusion the data showed that the cause of the vitriol during this period could not be narrowed to one specific driver. It can be seen that issues such as the minority government, style of opposition, gender and even to a certain extent the speakership would have all contributed to any mutation of the tone of debate. ii Declaration I declare that this thesis contains only my original work towards my Masters of Arts (Research) except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text to other material used. Equally this thesis is fewer than the maximum word limit as approved by the Research Higher Degrees Committee. iii Acknowledgements I wish to acknowledge my two supervisors, Prof.
    [Show full text]
  • Papers Index
    PROOF As at 24 August 2012 Sittings from 5 November 2008 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY SEVENTH ASSEMBLY 2008–2009–2010–2011–2012 INDEX TO PAPERS Index to Papers Paper MOP Page 2 2003 Canberra Bushfires—McLeod Report and Doogan Coronial Inquiry—Government agreed recommendations—Implementation report, prepared by ACT Bushfire Council, dated June 2009 293 2009-10 Budget surplus—Medial release—ACT Labor, dated 19 September 2008 103 2010 National Multicultural Festival 561 2013 Canberra Centenary—Funding and Tourism—Letter from Tony Windsor MP, Federal Member for New England, dated 24 April 2012 concerning the resolution of the Assembly of 28 March 2012 1900 2013 Canberra Centenary—Funding and Tourism—Letter to the Speaker from Hon Warren Truss MP, Leader of the Nationals, dated 28 May 2012, concerning the resolution of the Assembly of 28 March 2012 2033 2013 Canberra Centenary—Funding and Tourism—Letter to the Speaker from Senator the Hon Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, dated 1 May 2012, concerning the resolution of the Assembly of 28 March 2012 1996 2013 Canberra Centenary—Funding and Tourism—Letter to the Speaker from the Federal Member for Lyne, dated 16 April 2012, relating to the resolution of the Assembly of 28 March 2012 1892 2013 Canberra Centenary—Funding and Tourism—Letter to the Speaker from the Hon Peter Slipper MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives, dated 10 May 2012, concerning the resolution of the Assembly of 28 March 2012 1996 i Index to Papers Paper MOP Page A
    [Show full text]
  • From the Tables *
    Robyn Smith is Executive Officer, Office of the Clerk, Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory From the Tables * Robyn Smith Australian Parliament Former Speaker Peter Slipper tendered his resignation to the Governor-General on 9 October 2012 after months of controversy during which he remained the Speaker but did not preside over proceedings in the House of Representatives. That job fell to Deputy Speaker Anna Burke who was elected to the position on the same evening. Slipper was the second Speaker to resign in 11 months, the first being Harry Jenkins, and the fifth time in the history of the House of Representatives that a sitting Speaker has resigned. The more usual course is for a Speaker to retire once the parliament has been prorogued for a General Election. The House Committee of Privileges and Members’ Interests continues to grapple with a proposed Code of Conduct for Members. This innovation arose from various agreements entered into by the Prime Minister with the Independents during the course of negotiations to form minority government following the 2010 August General Election. The Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings spent 12 months in consultation with media representatives, senators, members and parliamentary officers to revise rules governing media coverage of proceedings. This resulted in new media rules being tabled in the Senate and the House of Representatives on 28 November. The rules were last reviewed in 2008. The Usher of the Black Rod and Serjeant-at-Arms have responsibility for administering the rules which seek to balance the media’s right to report parliamentary proceedings whilst respecting the privacy of senators and members and allowing them, other building occupants and visitors to Parliament House to go about their business.
    [Show full text]
  • The Panoramic Narrative and the Production of Historical Consciousness: This Is Australia
    Design Research Society DRS Digital Library DRS Biennial Conference Series DRS2004 - Futureground Nov 17th, 12:00 AM The Panoramic Narrative and the Production of Historical Consciousness: This is Australia. Denise Whitehouse Swinburne University of Technology Follow this and additional works at: https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers Citation Whitehouse, D. (2004) The Panoramic Narrative and the Production of Historical Consciousness: This is Australia., in Redmond, J., Durling, D. and de Bono, A (eds.), Futureground - DRS International Conference 2004, 17-21 November, Melbourne, Australia. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference- papers/drs2004/researchpapers/166 This Research Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Conference Proceedings at DRS Digital Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in DRS Biennial Conference Series by an authorized administrator of DRS Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Panoramic Narrative and the Production of Historical Consciousness: This is Australia. Denise Whitehouse These two strands-the love of the land we have invaded, and the guilt of the invasion-have become part of me. It is a haunted country. Swinburne University Judith Wright, The Broken Links (1981) in Born of the Conquerors (1991). of Technology This paper takes a cross-disciplinary approach drawing on developments in Australian historical and cultural studies to investigate the role of design in the production of national cultures and more specifically the construction of colonising histories. It argues that in modern settler nations such as Australia, graphic design has had a significant role in the shaping of the public imagination of nationhood.
    [Show full text]
  • Native Americans and Aboriginal Australian Stereotypes
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 478 406 SO 035 103 AUTHOR Muir, Sharon Pray TITLE Native Americans and Aboriginal Australian Stereotypes. PUB DATE 2000-11-00 NOTE 12p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies (80th, San Antonio, TX, November 16-19, 2000). PUB TYPE Reports Research (143) Speeches/Meeting Papers (150) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Comparative Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; *Cultural Context; Cultural Differences; *Ethnic Stereotypes; Foreign Countries; *Indigenous Populations IDENTIFIERS *Australia; *Native Americans; Similarities ABSTRACT Aboriginal Australians represent 1.5% of Australia's population, nearly double the percentage of native people in the U.S. population. While indigenous peoples throughout the world share common similarities, particularly contemporary issues and their spiritual regard for nature, many aspects of their lifestyles are different, such as governance, education, religion, and regard for gender. This paper describes the five most prominent categories of similarities among aboriginal Australians and Native Americans (categories are based quantitatively only on data available for Australia, as no way to quantify works about Native American culture was found). The term stereotype is defined broadly as referring to distortions, omissions, and other indignities as perceived by either group. The paper describes four circumstances where notable differences between the treatment of Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians were detected. (Contains 25 references, 6 literature references, and 11 notes.)(BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 00 Native,Americans and Aboriginal Australian Stereotypes Sharon Pray Muir, Professor [email protected] Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309-4401 OCr) (r) Presented to the College and University Faculty Assembly Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies O San Antonio, TX November, 2000 Ci) PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • House of Representatives By-Elections 1902-2002
    INFORMATION, ANALYSIS AND ADVICE FOR THE PARLIAMENT INFORMATION AND RESEARCH SERVICES Current Issues Brief No. 15 2002–03 House of Representatives By-elections 1901–2002 DEPARTMENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY ISSN 1440-2009 Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2003 Except to the extent of the uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including information storage and retrieval systems, without the prior written consent of the Department of the Parliamentary Library, other than by Senators and Members of the Australian Parliament in the course of their official duties. This paper has been prepared for general distribution to Senators and Members of the Australian Parliament. While great care is taken to ensure that the paper is accurate and balanced, the paper is written using information publicly available at the time of production. The views expressed are those of the author and should not be attributed to the Information and Research Services (IRS). Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion. Readers are reminded that the paper is not an official parliamentary or Australian government document. IRS staff are available to discuss the paper's contents with Senators and Members and their staff but not with members of the public. Published by the Department of the Parliamentary Library, 2003 I NFORMATION AND R ESEARCH S ERVICES Current Issues Brief No. 15 2002–03 House of Representatives By-elections 1901–2002 Gerard Newman, Statistics Group Scott Bennett, Politics and Public Administration Group 3 March 2003 Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Murray Goot, Martin Lumb, Geoff Winter, Jan Pearson, Janet Wilson and Diane Hynes in producing this paper.
    [Show full text]