Book contents
- Empire and the Making of Native Title
- Empire and the Making of Native Title
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Principal Players
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Claiming Possession in New Holland and New Zealand, 1770s–1820s
- 2 Batman’s Treaty and the Rise and Fall of Native Title, 1835–1836
- 3 The South Australian Colonisation Commission, the Colonial Office and Aboriginal Rights in Land, 1834–1837
- 4 Protection Claims and Sovereignty in the Islands of New Zealand, 1800–1839
- 5 Making Agreements and a Struggle for Authority, 1839–1840
- 6 The Land Claims Commission and the Return of the Treaty, 1840–1843
- 7 A Colony in Crisis and a Select Committee, 1843–1844
- 8 The Retreat of the Government and the Rise of the Treaty, 1844–1845
- 9 The Making of Native Title, 1845–1850
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 July 2020
Book contents
- Empire and the Making of Native Title
- Empire and the Making of Native Title
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Principal Players
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Claiming Possession in New Holland and New Zealand, 1770s–1820s
- 2 Batman’s Treaty and the Rise and Fall of Native Title, 1835–1836
- 3 The South Australian Colonisation Commission, the Colonial Office and Aboriginal Rights in Land, 1834–1837
- 4 Protection Claims and Sovereignty in the Islands of New Zealand, 1800–1839
- 5 Making Agreements and a Struggle for Authority, 1839–1840
- 6 The Land Claims Commission and the Return of the Treaty, 1840–1843
- 7 A Colony in Crisis and a Select Committee, 1843–1844
- 8 The Retreat of the Government and the Rise of the Treaty, 1844–1845
- 9 The Making of Native Title, 1845–1850
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
As a result of Grey’s purchasing, native title was finally defined and thus conclusively made, but as a consequence Māori began to be dispossessed of most of their land, just as the Aboriginal people of Australia had been or would be.1 It might be argued, therefore, that in the end it mattered not a jot that the British government treated Māori as though they were sovereign and the owners of the land. Yet in the last forty or so years this historical fact has come to matter a great deal.
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- Empire and the Making of Native TitleSovereignty, Property and Indigenous People, pp. 401 - 405Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020