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
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 July 2020
- 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
Over the course of many years, numerous colleagues, students, friends and relatives in New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere in the Anglophone world have asked me why New Zealand has a historic treaty – the famous Treaty of Waitangi – and Australia does not. I have assumed that what they are really asking is why the British government negotiated with the indigenous people of New Zealand (Māori) for the cession of sovereignty and title to land yet treated Australia’s Aboriginal people as though they were neither sovereign nor the owners of the land. In order to answer this question satisfactorily, I have come to conclude that a particular historical approach is required.
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- Empire and the Making of Native TitleSovereignty, Property and Indigenous People, pp. 1 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020