First things first
2018
Book
Inspired by the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and featuring outstanding Indigenous writers, First Things First is an urgent, nuanced and robust call to listen, hear and respond to questions of constitutional recognition. More than two centuries after European settlers arrived, the need to find an honourable way to recognise and celebrate the unique history of this country as home to the oldest living civilisation is long overdue. A Makaratta Commission is the preferred way to do this, to make agreements and enable truth-telling about our history. Are we ready to make peace and devise firmer ground for laws, policies and outcomes that improve Indigenous and non-Indigenous life in Australia? With this special edition, Griffith Review excavates history and re-imagines the future, while not forgetting the urgencies of the present.
Main title:
First things first / edited by Julianne Schultz and Sandra Phillips.
Author:
Schultz, Julianne, 1956-, editorPhillips, Sandra (Sandra Ruth), editor
Work:
Imprint:
South Brisbane, QLD. : Griffith University, 2018.
Collation:
343 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Griffith Review ; 60.
ISBN:
9781925603316 (paperback)
Dewey class:
305.89915909.0971241
Language:
English
Subject:
Australia. ConstitutionAboriginal Australians -- Politics and governmentAboriginal Australians -- HistoryIndigenous peoples -- Australia -- HistoryAboriginal Australians -- Government relationsTorres Strait Islanders -- Ethnic identityAboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identityTorres Strait Islanders -- Government relationsIndigenous peoples -- Australia -- Government relationsReconciliationAustralia -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryAustralia -- Race relationsEssays
BRN:
515397