Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

COUNCIL FOR ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION

ADDRESSING THE KEY ISSUES FOR RECONCILIATION

• ADDRESSING THE KEY ISSUES FOR RECONCILIATION
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION: RECONCILING OUR DIFFERENCES
  • KEY ISSUE 1:
    • UNDERSTANDING COUNTRY: THE IMPORTANCE OF LAND AND SEA IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER SOCIETIES
      • ALL AUSTRALIANS CARE ... BUT SOME OF US CARE IN A DIFFERENT WAY
      • BEFORE CLOCK-ON TIME
      • FROM CAPTAIN COOK TIME
      • PRESENT TIME
  • KEY ISSUE 2:
    • IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS: BETTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY
      • GETTING ON
      • A WRONG-HEADED RELATIONSHIP
      • WHO IS A REAL INDIGENOUS PERSON?
      • STANDING TALL INTERNATIONALLY
      • GETTING IT RIGHT
      • JOINING TOGETHER
  • KEY ISSUE 3:
    • VALUING CULTURES: RECOGNISING INDIGENOUS CULTURES AS A VALUED PART OF AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE
      • CONTINUING MULTICULTURALISM
      • D(EN)YING CULTURES
      • BRINGING THEM BACK HOME
      • JOINTLY MANAGING OUR PARKS
      • A LIVING HERITAGE
      • SHARING WITH THE WORLD
      • KEEPING IT ALIVE
      • AWARENESS THROUGH RECONCILIATION
  • KEY ISSUE 4:
    • SHARING HISTORIES: A SENSE FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS OF A SHARED OWNERSHIP OF THEIR HISTORY
      • SILENCING TIMES
      • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      • REWRITING HISTORIES
  • KEY ISSUE 5:
    • ADDRESSING DISADVANTAGE: A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE CAUSES OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS' DISADVANTAGE
      • DEBUNKING MYTHS
      • CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
      • TRICKLE UP THEORY
      • FULFILLING THE VISION
  • KEY ISSUE 6:
    • RESPONDING TO CUSTODY LEVELS: A GREATER COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING CAUSES
      • CROWDING JAILS AND LOCK-UPS
      • RESISTING THE GROG
      • BOWING TO WISDOM
  • KEY ISSUE 7:
    • AGREEING ON A DOCUMENT: WILL THE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION BE ADVANCED BY A DOCUMENT OR DOCUMENTS OF RECONCILIATION ?
      • CHANGING THE FUNDAMENTALS
      • POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR A DOCUMENT OR DOCUMENTS OF RECONCILIATION
  • KEY ISSUE 8:
    • CONTROLLING DESTINIES: GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS TO CONTROL THEIR DESTINIES
      • 'BLACKFELLA' -- OBEY
      • TOWARDS SELF-GOVERNMENT?
      • CUSTOMARY LAWS
      • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
      • REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
      • TREATY COMMITMENTS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM THE COUNCIL FOR ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION OR COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT BOOKSHOPS
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