Governing Western Australian Aboriginal People: Section 70 of WA's 1889 Constitution: Studies in Western Australian History 30 edited by Ann Curthoys and Jane Lydon

Book Description

Secondhand. As new condition.

Section 70 of Western Australia's 1889 Constitution established the Aboriginal Protection Board under the WA Governor's direct control and specified its annual funding of 5000 pounds from the colony's revenue.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Section 70 of the Western Australian Constitution Act 1889, or, 'throwing dust in the eyes of the people' by Jane Lydon
2. Professor Peter Walter Johnston: A tribute to a true scholar, advocate for justice and friend by Sarah Murray
3. The impossibility of Section 70 aboriginal protection, amelioration, and the contradictions of humanitarian governance by Ann Curthoys
4. Crown land, territorial integrity and responsible government in Western Australia by Jeremy Martens
5. 'Too many kill 'em. too many make 'em ill': The Commission into Rottnest Prison as the context for Section 70 by Katherine Roscoe
6. Christian heroes?: John Gribble, Exeter Hall and antislavery on Western Australia's frontier by Jane Lydon
7. 'An excess of humanity?': The Kimberley District and Section 70 of the Western Australian Constitution by Chris Owen
8. 'The deliberate rape of a splendid people' The 1 per cent campaign in the 1950s by Anne Scrimgeour
9. The Aboriginal 1 per cent guarantee litigating the issues: Insights and lessons by Peter Johnston and Steven Churches
10. 'Confusion in the labyrinth' Section 70, the constitution and societal change by Sarah Murray
11. The stories we tell: Law, narratives and an aboriginal perspective on Section 70 of the Western Australian Constitution by Ambelin Kwaymullina