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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... vol. 26 no. 3 2003 of University of New South Wales Law Journal est. 1975 University of New South Wales Law Journal
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Larissa Behrendt, Achieving Social Justice : Indigenous Rights and Australia's Future, Megan Davis , single work essay

On finishing Larissa Behrendt’s book, Achieving Social Justice: Indigenous Rights and Australia’s Future, I was reminded of a quote from Helen Irving lamenting Australians’ ambivalence toward their own history. She said she felt

'a deep melancholy when I contemplate the approaching centenary of Federation. ... Although I am certain that there is a much greater level of ‘product recognition’ in the Australian community than there was at the beginning of the 1990s, it is also clear that Australians remain almost entirely unmoved by political history and even more so by constitutional history.'' (Introduction)

 

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