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Title: Mabo: A Symbol of Struggle
Author: FLOOD SEAN
Format: PAPERBACK
Imprint: CONSIGNMENT STOCK
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
Mabo: A Symbol of Struggle is a new edition of Sean Floods book written for the general reader and students. It begins with a plea for a Makarrata (Treaty) and finishes with the proposal for an Indigenous Parliamentary Voice mandated in the Australian Constitution.
Since its original publication as Mabo: A Symbol of Sharing, this book has been a valued teaching resource in schools across Australia. Through combining plain language legal analysis with personal insights, Sean Flood creates an engaging account of one of the greatest legal developments of our time. This revised edition, Mabo: A Symbol of Struggle features updated analysis of Commonwealth v Mabo [No 2] and the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), along with an examination of native title in the courts since Mabo.
Flood sees Mabo as the beginning, not the end, of a long struggle for Indigenous recognition and equality. He locates Australias treatment of its Indigenous peoples within the international context of colonialism and race relations, drawing on a number of recent case studies, and considers the ongoing impact of colonialism on Australias natural environment. With sections specifically designed for students and teachers, Mabo: A Symbol of Struggle offers a comprehensive account of the ongoing Indigenous struggle and provides a strong argument for a more inclusive Australian society.
This book is more than a mere primer on the Mabo case and its results. It is an important and accessible reminder of the way Mabo pervades notions of the country and its very history, and of how it is changing the consciousness between white and black. Thomas Keneally
ISBN: 9780994257802