Ebook: Quarterly Essay 55 a Rightful Place

Front cover; QUARTERLY ESSAY 55; Contents; yolngu petition; War Of The Worlds; Layered Identities; Liberty Is Responsibility; The Triune Nation; Oikophilia; Making Peace; Dragon's Tail: Correspondence; John Edwards; Max Corden; Michael Cooney; Jim Chalmers; Eric Knight; Billy Griffiths; Satyajit Das; Response to Correspondence: Andrew Charlton; Contributors; Copyright; Subscribe.;The nation has unfinished business. After more than two centuries, can a rightful place be found for Australia's original peoples?Soon we will all decide if and how indigenous Australians will be recognised in the constitution. In the words of Professor Greg Craven: "We have a committed prime minister, and a committed opposition. We have a receptive electorate. There will never be a better time. We have no choice but to address the question. If constitutions deal with fundamental things, our indigenous heritage is pretty fundamental."In A Rightful Place, Noel Pearson shows how the idea of "rac.