Treaty-making : two hundred and fifty years later / by Harry Hobbs, Alison Whittaker, Lindon Coombes.

Alexandria, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2021.

1st edition

198924

Aboriginal Australians -- Treaties.

Treaties -- Australia.

Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.

Indigenous peoples -- Agreements, treaties, etc.

Treaty-making power -- Australia.

Introduction --1. Talking Treaty: A Conversation on how Indigenous Nations can become Treaty Ready --2. Treaty Making in Australia: The Non-Indigenous Party --3. Making Black stories matter: Understanding media narratives on treaty and Aboriginal aspirations --4. Establishing a Neutral Legal Framework for Treaty in Australia --5. Rebalancing, Renewing, Re-structuring: Strengthening the Constitution of Aotearoa through a Treaty Relationship --6. Being Self Determining in New South Wales – Treaty or Not! --7. Treaty Making: Critical Reflection on Critiques from Abroad --8. The Mess of Colonialism, the Complexity of Treaty --9. We Dare to Hope: Treaty-Making in Australia --10. The work of the Victorian Treaty Advancement Commission to bring us closer to Treaties in Victoria.

This continent was colonised without consent. No treaty was signed at first contact or in the years thereafter. Australia is a nation state on shaky ground, one of few without a treaty with Indigenous people. However, recently, Victoria, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland have committed to entering treaty processes with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations whose lands fall within their borders. This is the first time in Australian history that any government has opened a treaty process. While it is momentous, it is not without its challenges given the historical absence of a treaty. In this edited collection, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and policy-makers from Australia and New Zealand engage with the legal, historical and political dimensions of treaty-making in Australia. These considered and nuanced contributions provide a roadmap for how to develop a legal artifice and treaty relationship that delivers justice. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Treaty-making : 250 years later

9781760023041

xvii, 256 pages ; 21 cm