I had a great visit on Friday to the Japanese garden and cultural centre at Cowra where Dr Tets Kimura and Richard Bullen had reconstructed a traditional Noh performance stage. We also went to the Japanese war cemetery where we found the plaque for Jiro Muramats, Australia’s …
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This great article by peter prince is well worth a read on how one state forced Indigenous people to meet onerous conditions to obtain citizenship.
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For nearly 30 years, WA peddled the lie that Indigenous people had to apply under state law to become ‘Australian citizens’.
The Voice to Parliament now offers a chance to build a more inclusive narrative of nationhood, writes peter prince (@Sydney_Uni). bit.ly/3IpRhDd
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand peter prince University of Sydney My father, born in New Guinea in the 1920’s to Australian parents and growing up in Australia from age 8 eventually had to prove his citizenship at his marriage. He was not indigenous.
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand peter prince University of Sydney Anyone with an Australian birth certificate should be Au citizens by default. Without a certificate they could be from PNG eg. unless witnesses were able to provide a statement as to their origins to authorities. This could have been easily done but appears to have been neglected
Important opinion piece from peter prince The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were long denied the rights of citizenship in their own land due to discriminatory laws.
#Yes23 #auspol #VoicetoParliament ⬇️ theconversation.com/habits-of-civi…
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