What Good Condition? Reflections on an Australian Aboriginal Treaty 1986-2006

• Main Author: Read, Peter (auth)
• Other Authors: Meyers, Gary (auth), Reece, Bob (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Canberra ANU Press 2006
• Series: Aboriginal History Monograph
• Subjects: Anthropology; aboriginal australians; treaty; Indigenous Australians; Indigenous peoples; Sovereignty
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

What Good Condition? collects edited papers, initially delivered at the Treaty Advancing Reconciliation conference, on the proposal for a treaty between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, a proposal which has been discussed and dissected for nearly 30 years. Featuring contributions from prominent Aboriginal community leaders, legal experts and academics, this capacious work provides an overview of the context and legacy of the residue of treaty proposals and negotiations in past decades; a consideration of the implications of treaty in an Indigenous, national and international context; and, finally, some reflections on regional aspirations and achievements.