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Rights and Redemption: History, Law and Indigenous People
Rights and Redemption History Law and Indigenous People Author:Ann Curthoys This book examines the role of history in key Indigenous rights cases which occurred during the era of the Howard government, when Indigenous rights and the place of Aboriginal people in the national story were repudiated in a variety of government laws and policies. The book investigates how the courts have made use of historians as expert witn... more »esses, and how the colonial past has been framed and understood by the courts. This is an important historical record of a unique period of litigatioin in Indigenous affairs in Australia.« less