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After more than two hundred years, one of the most important moral issues facing Australian society in the 1990s remains the need for reconciliation with its indigenous people. In this selection of essays, H. C. Coombs reflects on the nature of Aboriginal identity and the importance of autonomy for Australia's Aboriginal people. He also suggests strategies by which self-determination might be achieved in practice. Many of the chapters have been written especially for this volume - including one in which Dr Coombs makes a thoughtful and provocative contribution to the Mabo debate, linking the High Court's historic 1992 decision on native title to prospects for Aboriginal autonomy. Dr Coombs writes with the conviction that 'mainstream' Australia stands to gain as much, if not more, than Aboriginal people from the fulfilment of Aboriginal aspirations. It is a personal and passionate plea for a just society, from one of white Australia's most influential and eloquent advocates of self-determination for its indigenous people.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government

• Full title: Aboriginal Autonomy
• Subtitle: Issues and Strategies
• Author: Herbert Cole Coombs
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268
• EAN: 9780521446372
• ISBN: 0521446376
• ID: 02031168
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 350 g
• Dimensions: 217 × 142 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. October 1994

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