A White Hot Flame : Mary Montgomerie Bennett, Author, Educator, Activist for Indigenous Justice.

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taffe, Sue
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Melbourne : Monash University Publishing, 2018.
Colección:Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
Temas:
Bennett, M. M. > (Mary Montgomerie)
Women social reformers > Australia > Biography.
Women civil rights workers > Australia > Biography.
Aboriginal Australians > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Aboriginal Australians > Civil rights > Australia > History.
Aboriginal Australians > Land tenure > Australia > History.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of > Australia > History.
Réformatrices sociales > Australie > Biographies.
Défenseuses des droits de l'homme > Australie > Biographies.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Droits > Australie > Histoire.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Terres > Australie > Histoire.
Attitudes envers les Australiens (Aborigènes) > Australie > Histoire.
Aboriginal Australians > Civil rights
Aboriginal Australians > Land tenure
Aboriginal Australians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of
Women civil rights workers
Women social reformers
Biography: general.
History.
Australia
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title page; Copyright and imprint information; Contents; List of maps; Introduction; Parents and Childhood; Chapter 1. Parents: A pioneer Scots pastoralist and a London artist; Chapter 2. Mimi's childhood: 'Queensland, Our Home'?; Author to Activist; Chapter 3. Mimi Christison: Art student and young English lady; Chapter 4. Christison of Lammermoor: Romance burdened by reality; Chapter 5. M.M. Bennett: Emerging activist; The Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia; Chapter 6. Learning about Western Australia: 'My eyes open and my mouth shut'
  • Chapter 7. Mrs Bennett, Teacher: Mount Margaret MissionChapter 8. Commissioner Moseley and Chief Protector Neville; Chapter 9. Disillusionment; Image block; Belonging, Identity, Commitment; Chapter 10. Dora and Gladys: Wartime London and a return to Australia; Chapter 11. Families: Peter Pontara and Human Rights for Aborigines; Chapter 12. The Wongatha people of Kalgoorlie; Chapter 13. Final days; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Further reading; Index; Backcover.

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