Unfinished Constitutional Business? 2020 Born at the end of

Born at the end of the 19th Century when the Western world had scarcely touched Arnhem Land

the national water reforms further disenfranchised Aboriginal communities from their property rights in water

and with all those who continually keep asking me the same old questions

It reveals the people who developed relationships across the racial divide: Aboriginal people confused about why they were facing a magistrate and deciding whether to resist the invaders or move quietly into their society

Unfinished Constitutional Business? 2020 Born at the end ofIndigenous self determination is the recognised right of all peoples to freely determine their political status, and pursue their economic, social and cultural development. Unfinished constitutional business? offers fresh insights into the ways communities can chart their own course and realise self determination. Because the history of colonisation is emotionally charged, the issue has been clouded by a rhetoric that has sometimes obstructed