Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement

If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles.

What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole continent was not seen as acceptable at the time and the colonial office in Britain understood that "peaceful settlement" was a fiction?

The historical record shows that the argument of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is stronger than many people imagine and that the centuries-long legal position about British claims to the land is far less imposing than it appears.

Pages: 288, Paperback

Published: 2021