ISBN:
978-1-9216-6674-2 (ebook)
,
978-1-9216-6672-8 (paperback)
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 439 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Aboriginal History Monograph [27]
Keywords:
Australien Ureinwohner, Australien
;
Geschichte
;
Geschichte, politische
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Soziale Bedingungen
;
Landrecht
;
Grundeigentum
;
Anthropologie, politische
;
Anthropologie, soziale
Abstract:
This book is a unique window into a dynamic time in the politics and history of Australia. The two decades from 1970 to the Bicentennial in 1988 saw the emergence of a new landscape in Australian Indigenous politics. There were struggles, triumphs and defeats around land rights, community control of organisations, national coalitions and the international movement for Indigenous rights. The changes of these years generated new roles for Aboriginal people. Leaders had to grapple with demands to be administrators and managers as well as spokespeople and lobbyists. The challenges were personal as well as organisational, with a central one being how to retain personal integrity in the highly politicised atmosphere of the `Aboriginal Industry`. Kevin Cook was in the middle of many of these changes - as a unionist, educator, land rights campaigner, cultural activist and advocate for liberation movements in Southern Africa, the Pacific and around the world. But `Cookie` has not wanted to tell the story of his own life in these pages. Instead, with Heather Goodall, a long time friend, he has gathered together many of the activists with whom he worked to tell their stories of this important time. Readers are invited into the frank and vivid conversations Cookie had with forty-five black and white activists about what they wanted to achieve, the plans they made, and the risks they took to make change happen. (Verlagsangabe)
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements -- An introduction to Cookie`s book -- Part 1: Foundations -- 1. Growing up Koorie - in Wollongong -- 2. Life and death on the job: The Builders Labourers` Federation - rank and file democracy, 1970 to 1975 -- 3. In the wider struggle: The union, gender, race and environment -- 4. Tranby, co-operatives and empowerment -- Part 2: Tranby 1980s -- 5. Aboriginal-directed education: Getting started -- 6. Exploring possibilities: Teaching and learning at Tranby -- 7. Politics and real education -- 8. Reaching out for change -- Part 3: Land Rights NSW 1980s -- 9. Strategies: 1976 to 1981 -- 10. Experiences: 1981 to 1982—Street demos and bush camps -- 11. Hard decisions: 1983 to 1985 -- 12. Getting land back -- Part 4: Networks 1980s -- 13. National networks -- 14. Onto the streets -- 15. International networks -- Part 5: Bringing it All Together -- 16. Bicentennial -- 17. Beyond the Bicentennial: Victories, defeats and more struggles for change -- 18. Reflections: Networks, hubs, pathways - and leadership -- Appendix 1. Interviewees -- Appendix 2. Glossary and abbreviations -- Appendix 3. Bibliography and further reading -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 427-430
Permalink
