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PUBLIC TALK: Was self-government for Western Australia based on a betrayal of Indigenous people?

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A public lecture by Ann Curthoys, Honorary Professor of History, University of Sydney and 2014 IAS Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.

The years leading up to the passing of the Western Australian constitution in 1889 (effected in 1890) saw several interlocking public debates in WA itself and in Britain. At the same time, as politicians and officials were debating whether the colony at last deserved to gain the system of responsible government that had been operating for decades in the other Australian colonies, they were also pondering matters of Aboriginal policy, such as regulation of employment and systems of punishment. These two sets of debates seemed at the time, and to many historians since, to be quite separate, but they influenced one another significantly. This lecture explores the place of Aboriginal policy in the lead-up to self-government and its subsequent influence on Western Australian political institutions and political culture.

Cost: Free, but RSVP required via http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/anncurthoys
Location Webb Lecture Theatre, Geography Building (ground floor), UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/anncurthoys
Start Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:00
End Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:00
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Submitted by Audrey Barton <[email protected]>
Last Updated Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:41
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