Introduction; 1. The citzenship divide in colonial Victoria; 2. Under the law: Aborigines and islanders in colonial Queensland; 3. Is the constitution to blame?; 4. The Commonwealth defines the Australian citizen with Tom Clarke; 5. The states confine the Aboriginal non-citizen; 6. The slow path to civil rights; 7. From civil to indigenous rights.
This is a comprehensive investigation of the systematic denial of citizenship to indigenous Australians.
'This is an impressively detailed exposition of the legislative and administrative regimes that excluded indigenous Australians form ellective citizenship … Chesterman and Galligan (not forgetting Tom Clarke) set out to disclose how Aborigines were rendered citizens without rights; they succeed admirably.' Russell McGregor, Australian Historical Studies
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