It's Not The Money It's The Land. Aboriginal Stockmen And The Equal Wages Case

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2002
Edition: First Edition

Description: 192 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: As a result of the 1965 Equal Wages Case, Aboriginal people in Australia's north were forced into unemployment and off their country into refugee camps on the fringes of the towns. The outcome of a simple and just decision was a complex and social, economic and cultural catastrophe. Lack of planning by the government and failure to communicate with the Aborigines and pastoralists meant that the High Court's decision resulted in a range of problems, the effects of which are still being felt. Thirty-five years on, Aboriginal people have, largely by their own efforts, begun the process of recovery - but there is still a long way to go.

ISBN: 9781863683661