Citizens without Rights
Subtitle: Aborigines and Australian Citizenship
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780521592307
Subjects: Australasian & Pacific history; Human rights; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Constitutional; Ethnic Sociology; Political And Civil Rights; Political Science; History - General History; Multicultural Nonfiction; Australia; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; General; Citizenship--Australia; Law : Constitutional; Political Science / General; Political Science : General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Aboriginal Australians; Citizenship; Civil rights
First sentence: "One of the lowest points in the history of race relations in Australia came in 1902 when, in a late amendment to the franchise bill, every 'aboriginal native of Australia' was excluded from the federal franchise."