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Treaty Let's Get it Right - Publication
This collection of essays was commissioned by ATSIC and AIATSIS to stimulate discussion and debate about a treaty.  The collection includes discourse on sovereignty, constitutional law, governance, cross jurisdictional studies, settlement and agreement making within and outside the native title sphere, the relevance of a treaty in the Torres Strait, intellectual and cultural property, international human rights law, perspectives from Indigenous youth, international experiences with treaties, the importance of a treaty in protecting language, concepts of citizenry and identity issues. This publication can be purchased through Aboriginal Studies Press, please refer Subscription form.
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Balayi: Culture, Law and Colonialism Volumn 4
A journal of academic articles to increase the debate around a Treaty in Australia. Contributors to this edition include Geoff Clark, Michael Dodson, Larissa Behrendt, Marcia Langton, Jackie Huggins, Martin Nakata and Robert Windsor, Kooraar Beertwah, Kaaralyung Beediyar and Wadjella Kudaginy, Jenny Pryor, Glenn Shaw, Lester Irabinna Rigney and Michael Mansell.
Balayi is available from the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning and can be purchased using this subscription form.
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The Relevance of the Rights Agenda in the Age of Practical Reconciliation

A paper delivered by Professor Dr Larissa Behrendt at the 'Future of Rights : Treaties, Self-Determination and Australian Indigenous Peoples' Symposium, Sydney University.

17 December 2001

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ATSIC's Role in the Treaty Process
Presentation by Geoff Clark, Chairman, ATSIC
2 April 2001
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Treaty Issues
Treaty Issues booklet published in May 2001, to raise awareness and promote understanding of the treaty concept.
May 2001
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FAQs
This booklet answers frequently asked questions about Treaty and the process.
May 2001
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AIATSIS Seminar Series
Limits & possibilities of a Treaty process in Australia.

March to September 2001
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From here to a Treaty; In favour of a Treaty
Hyllus Maris Lecture Latrobe University by ATSIC Chairman Geoff Clarke.  

5 September 2000
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A Paper by former ATSIC Chairman, Gatjil Djerrkura, for Presentation at: A Dialogue on Indigenous Rights in the Commonwealth Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London.
Includes:
Comparative Experiences
Developments at the United Nations
Historical Australian Experiences

23 July 1999
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Address by ATSIC Chairman Geoff Clark to the 18th Session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations Geneva 27 July 2000.

27 July 2000

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Beyond the Mourning Gate - Dealing with Unfinished Business
Wentworth Lecture by Mr Patrick Dodson, courtesy of  AIATSIS- 12 May 2000
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Study on Treaties, Agreements and other Constructive Arrangements between States and Indigenous Populations
Final report by Miguel Alfonso Martínez, Special Rapporteur.

June 1999
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A Treaty Between Our Nations?
Inaugural Professorial Lecture By Professor Marcia Langton, Inaugural Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, University Of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 

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Proclamation
Proclamation made by Sir Richard Bourke Governor General and Governor in Chief of the Territory of New South Wales, written on the 26th August 1835 stating that no-one (in NSW) is able to take possession of vacant lands of the crown under the pretence of a treaty with the 'Aboriginal Natives'.

August 1835

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