'An audience with the Queen': Indigenous Australians and the Crown, 1954- 2017

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Title:	'An audience with the Queen': Indigenous Australians and the Crown, 1954- 2017
Authors:	Mark McKenna
Source:	Royal Studies Journal, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 157-167 (2018)
Publisher Information:	Winchester University Press, 2018.
Publication Year:	2018
Collection:	LCC:History (General)
Subject Terms:	monarchy, republic, indigenous australia, History (General), D1-2009
More Details:	This article is the first substantial examination of the more recent historical relationship between Indigenous Australians and the Crown. While the earlier tradition of perceiving the Queen as benefactress has survived in Indigenous communities, it now co- exists with more critical and antagonistic views. After the High Court’s Mabo decision (1992), the passage of the Native Title Act (1993), and the federal government’s Apology to the Stolen Generations (2008), it is clear that the only avenues for seriously redressing Indigenous grievances lie within the courts and parliaments of Australia. The Australian monarch—either as a supportive voice, or as a vehicle for highlighting the failure of Australian governments— no longer holds any substantial political utility for Indigenous Australians. Monarchy has become largely irrelevant to the fate of future Indigenous claims for political and social justice.
Document Type:	article
File Description:	electronic resource
Language:	German English Spanish; Castilian
ISSN:	2057-6730
Relation:	https://rsj.winchester.ac.uk/articles/147; https://doaj.org/toc/2057-6730
DOI:	10.21039/rsj.147
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/e1d585abb59746beaa79a7a9d8c68821
Accession Number:	edsdoj.1d585abb59746beaa79a7a9d8c68821
Database:	Directory of Open Access Journals

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ISSN:	20576730
DOI:	10.21039/rsj.147
Published in:	Royal Studies Journal
Language:	German English Spanish; Castilian