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It is one of Australia's most iconic images. On 17 April 1993, the Indigenous AFL footballer Nicky Winmar stood up against racial abuse and made history. Facing the Collingwood crowd that had taunted him all day the St Kilda player pulled up his shirt, pointed to his chest and declared: 'I'm black and I'm proud to be black'.

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The Family Court of Australia was established in 1976 under new legal reforms addressing marriage and divorce. This book charts the development of the Court and its social experiment of no fault divorce, based on interviews with judges, counsellors, and family lawyers who worked in the Court during its early years.

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Argues that the BDS movement (boycott, divestment and sanctions) is the wrong way to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The BDS movement against Israel has gained traction and publicity worldwide. Yet here, Philip Mendes and Nick Dyrenfurth argue that BDS is too blunt an instrument to use in a such a complex situation.

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Examines the main currents in Australias urban culture by looking at the ways in which artists, social scientists, poets, writers, reformers and engineers have imagined Australian cities over the last 200 years. Graeme Davison examines a range of these observers and thinkers, and argues that theres a particular twist to the ways in which Australians think about cities.

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This text introduces marine ecology to undergraduate students in biology, zoology, ecology, environment science, natural resources management, marine science and fisheries programmes.

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Provides a source of evidence based practice and service management guidelines. This Australasian text seeks to provide an integration of principles, policy and practice in disability service provision.

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In 2007 the Australian Government recognised that the health, safety and education of the nations remote Aboriginal citizens were in a state of crisis. Its response was what became known as the Northern Territory Intervention, which sparked a heated national debate about Indigenous disadvantage and autonomy.

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Including a discography of the artists featured in the book, this is a comprehensive book on contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia.

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In Deep History: Country and Sovereignty, edited by Jackie Huggins and Ann McGrath, leading historians and thinkers explore the First Nations histories of caring for places and people over millennia.

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Develops simple theories to help students understand the fundamental principles of reinforced concrete design. Incorporates current Code requirements, as well as design formulas, design charts and design examples which will prove useful both to students and practising engineers.

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Explores a hidden blight in society: the routine, daily, and oppressive treatment of people with disabilities. This work draws a wide range of case studies from health and welfare, sport, biotechnology, deinstitutionalisation, political life, and the treatment of refugees.

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As Australians, we traditionally see ourselves as friendly, relaxed and connected people. But is this an outdated stereotype The data from our census and other surveys show that Australian society is shifting rapidly. Leigh guides us through the causes of this corrosion of relationships, and towards a vision for a better civic and personal life.

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Food writing like you've never seen before: honest, brave, and exceptionally tasty. Not holding back from the struggles of mental illness and difficult conversations about weight and wellbeing, Sam Van Zweden advocates for a body politics that is empowering, productive and meaningful.

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Tells the never-before-told story of World War II escape artist extraordinaire, Johnny Peck. In August 1941, an eighteen-year-old Australian soldier made his first prison break an audacious night-time escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp in Crete. Astoundingly, this was only the first of many escapes.

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A practical and absorbing discussion on ethics and moral theory, which will help readers to make better informed, and more rationally justifiable, decisions about how to act and judge the actions of others, where there are morally hard choices to be made in their professional working life.

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The definitive, clear-cut guide to the vote on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution. This book explains everything Australians need to know about the proposal to recognise Indigenous peoples in the Constitution. With clarity and authority, it shows the symbolic and legal power of such a change.

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