The national aboriginal conference and the makarrata: Sovereignty and treaty discussions, 1979-1981
- Authors: Fenley, Julie
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Historical Studies Vol. 42, no. 3 (2011), p. 372-389
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- Description: This article examines the different understandings of sovereignty that were developed through Australian Indigenous campaigns for a treaty in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It begins with an assessment of the National Aboriginal Conference's call for a treaty in 1979, which was replaced by a seemingly more moderate proposal for a makarrata. These ideas were debated by other Indigenous people who proposed more radical positions. This article argues that Aboriginal ideas of sovereignty were diverse, in flux, and sometimes contradictory, as Indigenous leaders experimented with new ways to achieve greater independence and power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Introduction : Earth and Industry Stories from Gippsland
- Authors: Eklund, Erik , Fenley, Julie
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Earth and Industry Stories from Gippsland p.
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- Description: There is a large part of south-east Australia which has a fascinating history that deserves a wider audience. This collection explores the theme of the region's environmental history, and in particular how societies related to it and perceived it over time. Looking through the lens of multiple authors as well as different industries, locations and perspectives, we build up a picture of a complicated relationship to the natural world, which changes over time. The collection starts from the premise that history can tell us much about our evolving relationships to the earth and its ecosystems. We consider the tensions which exist between the earth - by which we mean the natural environment in its broadest sense - and human industry, highlighting the complex and diverse historical relationships between society and the environment. The term 'industry' refers in this context to the ways of earning a living that were established in the region from mining through to pastoralism and fishing, but industry can also be an adjective, referring to the act:iVe way in whichpeople engaged with their environments. The Gippsland region in south-east ictoria, with all its diversity and fascinating history, offers an ideal case study of this interaction between humans and their natural surroundings. "From introduction"
Afterword
- Authors: Eklund, Erik , Fenley, Julie
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Earth and Industry: Stories from Gippsland p. 314-318
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'Trudging on manfully' : Dr Andrew and the evolution of bushwalking
- Authors: Fenley, Julie , Lothian, Kathy
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Earth and Industry : Stories from Gippsland p. 55-80
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