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A White Hot Flame : Mary Montgomerie Bennett, Author, Educator, Activist for Indigenous Justice.
Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881-1961) is an important but under-recognised figure in Australian history. A member of a successful squatting family, she became a voice for reform at a time when Aboriginal Australians had their citizens' rights curtailed by repressive state laws. From her late for...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Melbourne :
Monash University Publishing,
2018.
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| Colección: | Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881-1961) is an important but under-recognised figure in Australian history. A member of a successful squatting family, she became a voice for reform at a time when Aboriginal Australians had their citizens' rights curtailed by repressive state laws. From her late forties until her death she fought for justice on behalf of the first Australians. She was a teacher, a writer, and an advocate. She vehemently opposed the separating, on racial grounds, of Aboriginal children from their families. She put the case, decades before campaigns began, for Aboriginal rights to tra. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-418) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781925523201 1925523209 |