Owning the Land: native title in NZ and Australia

Sovereignty and native title, Bain Attwood points out in his worthwhile new book, were the subject of enormous political debate in New Zealand in the 1840s and 1850s, yet barely discussed in Australia. His meticulously researched explanation why this was so is as an antidote to the simplistic 'normative history' currently in vogue

Sean Welsh

Nov 16 2022

10 mins