The national aboriginal conference and the makarrata: Sovereignty and treaty discussions, 1979-1981

Title: The national aboriginal conference and the makarrata: Sovereignty and treaty discussions, 1979-1981
Creator: Fenley, Julie
Date: 2011
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/75602
Identifier: vital:7383
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2011.583257
Identifier: ISSN:1031-461X
Abstract: 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]
Relation: Australian Historical Studies Vol. 42, no. 3 (2011), p. 372-389
Rights: Copyright Taylor & Francis
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: Sovereignty; Indigenous peoples; Political leadership; 2103 Historical Studies
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