Invasion to Embassy

Heather Goodall is professor emerita of history at the University of Technology, Sydney.

• MapsIllustrationsAcknowledgementsA note on usageAbbreviationsIntroduction Part 1: beyond the invasion, 1788 to 1850s1. Land and meaning2. Invasion and land: 'a system of terrorism'3. Land and white desire: nostalgia and imagination4. Recognising Native Title, 1838-525. Dual occupation Part 2: regaining land, 1860s to 1900s6. Aboriginal land demands7. The Aborigines Protection Board8. The Aboriginal experience of regained lands9. Escalating pressures Part 3: 'for land and liberty' - defending the land, 1910s to 193010. Land, children and power11. Dispossessions12. Fighting back: Aboriginal political organisation Part 4: under the 'Dog Act', 1930s13. Land as prison: Moree, 1927-3314. The Depression Crises and Cumeragunja15. The 'Dog Act' in the west: Menindee and Brewarrina16. The 'Dog Act' on the coast: Burnt Bridge, 1934-3817. 'The big fight': land in Aboriginal politics' 1937-3818. The Cumeragunja strike, 1939 Part 5: border wars, 1948 to 196519. Shifting boundaries20. Spatial politics: surveillance, segregation and land21. Moving away22. Reasserting land rights, 1957-64 Part 6: the ground on which the embassy rose, 1965 to 197223. Referendum and reality24. 'Hungry for our own ground'Epilogue: 'back to where the story started' - Kurnell 1988 NotesBibliographyIndex

'With one eye on their concerned constituencies, state politicians have called unrealistically for native title to be legislated away. Heather Goodall's excellent study, Invasion to Embassy, shows why this would be both unjust and immoral.' -- David Day -- Australian Journal of Political Science