Same Same but Different: A history of the relationality between Aboriginal Australians and the Australian nation-state

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Alice Gordon

Abstract

The Australian polity’s approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has historically emphasised integration into the colonial nation-state. This essay argues that these paternalistic principles continue to inform 21st century policy to the detriment of meaningful progress towards coexistent Aboriginal sovereignty.


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Australian politics; Aboriginal sovereignty; self-determination; activism

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Gordon, A. (2018). Same Same but Different: A history of the relationality between Aboriginal Australians and the Australian nation-state. NEW: Emerging Scholars in Australian Indigenous Studies, 4(1), 2-7. https://doi.org/10.5130/nesais.v4i1.1505
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