The limits of change : Mabo and native title 20 years on / edited by Toni Bauman and Lydia Glick.

Canberra : AIATSIS, 2012.

1st edition

202165

Mabo, Eddie.

Native title (Australia)

Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia.

Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Australia.

Torres Strait Islanders -- Land tenure.

Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Introduction: the limits of change

Mabo and the High Court decision

1. Mr James Rice and Mrs Mary Rice - interview by Dianne Hosking

2. Mr Alo Tapim - interview by Dianne Hosking

3. Genesis of a test case

4. Mabo and Australian history

5. What the hell happened to Mabo? The search for the missing link

6. Ripples of Mabo - Aboriginal and native customary land rights in Malaysia

Negotiating the Native Title Act

7. The lead up to the passage of the Native Title Act

8. ABC background briefing with Liz Jackson, 11 July 1993

9. Media doorstop with Rick Farley, executive director of the National Farmers' Federation, Parliament House, 19 October 1993

10. Second reading speech on the Native Title Bill 1993 and postscript to Mabo

11. Changing mindsets: process issues in the native title negotiations

12. Pssst, mate. What's this Mabo thing?

13. Native title: recognition space or contested space?

14. Interview with Cheryl Kernot: reflections on the 20th anniversary of Mabo

15. Interview with Les Malezer: reflections on the 20th anniversary of Mabo

16. Twenty Years and the struggle continues: The Australian greens and native title

Implementing the Native Title Act

17. 'It's the Constitution, it's Mabo, it's justice, it's law, it's the vibe': reflections on developments in native title since Mabo v Queensland [No 2]

18. Mabo misinterpreted: The unfortunate legacy of legislative distortion of Justice Brennan's judgment

19. What has native title done for me lately?

20. The Yorta Yorta Native Title claim: litigation, negotiation and partial settlement 1994–2012 & continuing

21. Interview with Michael Black: reflections on the 20th anniversary of Mabo

22. The 'right to negotiate', the resources industry, agreements and the Native Title Act

23. The sky did not fall in! Rio Tinto after Mabo

24. Interview with Pat Turner: reflections on the 20th anniversary of Mabo

25. Interview with Peter Yu: reflections on the 20th anniversary of Mabo

26. Setting the record straight: writing history for native title claims

27. Alternative constructions of indigenous identities in Australia's Native Title Act

28. "So what you gonna do 'bout our turtle?": challenges in communicating the 'native title' message to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

29. Lawyers encountering anthropologists over the years since Mabo: an 'emic' view

A Question of Change

30. Time for a new doctrine: the Yawuru experience

31. Interview with Lisa Strelein: reflections on the 20th anniversary of Mabo

32. Time to revisit native title laws

33. Recognition is easy

34. Mabo at twenty: a personal retrospect.

On 3 June 1992, the High Court of Australia handed down the Mabo decision, recognising the continuing rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the original inhabitants of the land under their own law and customs. In 2012, on the 20th anniversary of Mabo, the contributors present a story of a mixed aftermath. From the first years of expectation and debate to the bureaucracy that was to develop, this book makes clear that, even for those involved from the beginning, native title remains a tough terrain to navigate, though it is now an established part of the legal and political landscape. Introduced by Mick Dodson, this is a narrative testified by those who were close to the Mabo case, the negotiations leading up to the Native Title Act, or who for the past two decades have helped shape native title outcomes. The book includes perspectives from native title claimants and holders, community, political and corporate leaders, lawyers and judges, academics, consultants and government bureaucrats. The authors dispel myths that continue to surround Mabo, drawing into question assumptions about the impact of the High Court's ruling and unresolved questions of justice for Indigenous Australians. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.

9780987135384

xx, 444 pages ; 24 cm