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'Kieran Dolin, a qualified lawyer as well as a literary researcher, combines his specialist knowledge of the law with his literary expertise to assess the impact of the revolutionary Mabo land rights decision on Australian writing. Dolin investigates how the founding myths of Australia are being re-written since the Mabo case, which represents a watershed in the advancement of Indigenous rights. Keith Truscott offers a rare Indigenous perspective on the key development of the Mabo decision in the Aboriginal story in Australia. He encapsulates in it an innovative new interpretation of the term ‘Indigenous’ which is reflective of the celebratory mood released in the Aboriginal psyche by the revolutionary legislation which restored a people’s self-respect.' (Introduction xxii)
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Rewriting Australia’s Foundation Narrative : White, Scott and the Mabo Case
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