Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
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Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Comments on the breach of legislation made by Australian Aboriginal people illegally crossing the twentieth parallel as form of activism challenging restrictive legislation.
Website highlights the significance of the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry through research, education and performance to educate the broader population and attempt to redress the injustices produced from that history.
Presents two case studies illustrating identity politics in which Aboriginal Tasmanians are routinely immersed and then explains why and how the politics have developed.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 31.