Empire and the Making of Native Title: Sovereignty, Property and Indigenous People

ISBN-13: 9781108745703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 456 str.

Victoria) Attwood Bain (Monash University

Opis

This book provides a strikingly original explanation of the Britain's treatment of sovereignty and native title in its Australasian colonies.

Recenzje

'This probing work by one of Australia's most distinguished historians delivers a richly textured account of imperial claims in the Australasian colonies. Meticulously researched, it traces how British sovereignty in the settler world proceeded less from firm policy than from fluctuating circumstances that served to recognise or deny the existence of native title.' Amanda Nettelbeck, author of Indigenous Rights and Colonial Subjecthood

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Principal Players; Maps; Introduction; 1. Claiming Possession in New Holland and New Zealand, 1770s–1820s; 2. Batman's Treaty and the Rise and Fall of Native Title, 1835–1836; 3. The South Australian Colonisation Commission, the Colonial Office, and Aboriginal Rights in Land, 1834–1837; 4. Protection Claims and Sovereignty in the Islands of New Zealand, 1800–1839; 5. Making Agreements and a Struggle for Authority, 1839–1840; 6. The Land Claims Commission and the Return of the Treaty, 1840–1843; 7. A Colony in Crisis and a Select Committee, 1843–1844; 8. The Retreat of the Government and the Rise of the Treaty, 1844–1845; 9. The Making of Native Title, 1845–1850; Conclusion; Appendix (The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi); Bibliography; Index