| ISBN |
1864030046 (pbk.) |
| Title |
Make a better offer : the politics of Mabo / edited by Murray Goot & Tim Rowse. |
| Other title |
Politics of Mabo |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Leichhardt, N.S.W : Pluto Press, 1994. |
| Description |
289 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Includes documents the Aboriginal Peace Plan / The Cabinet's guiding principles on native title / Council of Australian Governments statement on Mabo / Coalition position /. Eva Valley Statement / Prime Minister's address to the nation / Leader of the Opposition's address to the nation / Native Title Bill 1993: Prime minister's Second Reading Speech / Native Title Bill 1993: Leader of the Opposition's Second Reading Speech / Attorney General's commentary on the Native Title Act 1993. |
| Summary |
Articles by Hal Wootten, M.A. Hill and A.J. Press, Maureen Teehan, Garth Nettheim, Michael Kirby, L.J.M. Cooray, Ian Hunter, Tim Rowse, Murray Goot, Geoffrey Ewing, Rick Farley, Noel Pearson, Peter Jull annotated separately; reproduces text of important documents in the political debate on Mabo in 1993. |
| Exhibitions note |
Exhibited: "First Australians Gallery (Torres Strait Islands)," National Museum of Australia, 2016-2020. |
| Subjects |
Mabo, Eddie, -- 1936-1992 |
| Australia. -- Native Title Act 1993 |
| Mabo decision |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Government policy |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Land tenure -- Government policy |
| Land use -- Law and legislation -- Australia |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Native title (Australia) |
| Land tenure -- Australia -- History |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Goot, Murray |
| Rowse, Tim, 1951 - |
| Call number |
346.940432 MAK |
