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Obliged to be difficult : Nugget Coombs' legacy in indigenous affairs / Tim Rowse

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000

1 online resource (254 pages)

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-511-55219-9 (Online); 978-0-521-77353-9 (Print); 978-0-521-77410-9 (Print)

978-0-521-77353-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 967486682     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9780511552199

GN666

LOC-SH: Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government ; Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy ; Coombs, H. C -- (Herbert Cole) -- 1906-1997

Coombs, H. C ; (Herbert Cole) ; 1906-1997 ; Aboriginal Australians ; Government policy ; Aboriginal Australians ; Politics and government

Since the 1967 constitutional referendum, Australian governments have moved towards policies of indigenous self-determination. Obliged to be Difficult, first published in 2000, presents the central issue of self-determination as seen by Dr H. C. Coombs, the most important policy maker since the referendum: through what political mechanisms will indigenous Australians find their own voice? Coombs was singularly influential within government in the years 1967 to 1976, and he remained a tireless critic and policy advocate from 1977 to 1996. Rowse's narrative of his work, drawing on many unpublished sources, illuminates the interplay of government policy with indigenous practice. This book is both an account of government policies and a biographical slice of an outstanding Australian. In attempting a critical celebration of Coombs' vision and methods, it invites informed reflection on the issues of land rights, sovereignty and reconciliation in these conservative, and highly anxious, times