By Damien Short
ISBN-10: 0754688542
ISBN-13: 9780754688549
In 1991 Australia instigated a countrywide reconciliation undertaking among indigenous and non-indigenous humans. regardless of being the longest-running reconciliation technique, there was no authoritative examine of Australian reconciliation so far. Reconciliation and Colonial strength is the 1st ebook to investigate Australian reconciliation as a technique, filling an important hole in theoretical and empirical knowing. Damien brief bargains a sociological interpretation of this technique which means that, instead of being a real try at atonement, Australian reconciliation may be higher understood because the most recent level within the colonial undertaking. He considers the relevance of acknowledgement and apology, restitution and rights, state construction and kingdom legitimacy to the reconciliation undertaking. This paintings compliments the burgeoning literature on reconciliation conception and perform and gives fertile fabric for comparisons with reconciliation strategies in different international locations akin to Chile and South Africa.
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In June 1988, the Chairmen of the Central and Northern Land Councils, Wenten Rubuntja and Galarrwuy Yunupingu, presented the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, with the Barunga Statement (reproduced in Moores, 1994: 332). This called for Aboriginal self-management, a national system of land rights, compensation for loss of lands, respect for Aboriginal identity, an end to discrimination, and the granting of full civil, economic, social, political and cultural rights. ). In response, the Prime Minister and the then Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Gerry Hand, signed a five-point statement which included: 1.
Compensation for the loss and damage to traditional lands and to their traditional way of life. The right to control their own affairs and to establish their own associations for this purpose (Harris, 1979). The stated motivations of the ATC were two-fold. In the first instance they desired to right the wrongs of the past and to re-examine fundamental assumptions such as terra nullius in light of modern historical and anthropological knowledge (Harris 1979). Secondly, they considered a proper settlement necessary to address the legacy of past injustice and decolonise the relationship between indigenous and nonindigenous society.
It is a powerful social movement, and for the first time since 1967 it has given white Australians a means and an instrument to get involved in the cause … the significant thing is that the reconciliation process has spread widely right across Australia. It is no longer just a movement of educated middle-class people. It is no longer just an urban movement. There are reconciliation groups all over the country. ). Reynolds’ distinct contribution is to emphasise the importance of reconciliation’s local level.