Taking Liberty: Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in Colonial Australia, 1830–1890

Introduction: How settlers gained self-government and indigenous people (almost) lost it --

Part I: A four-cornered contest: British government, settlers, missionaries, and indigenous peoples. Colonialism and catastrophe, 1830 ; \'Another new world inviting our occupation\': colonisation and the beginnings of humanitarian intervention, 1831-1837 ; Settlers oppose indigenous protection, 1837-1842 ; A colonial conundrum: settler rights versus indigenous rights, 1837-1842 ; Who will control the land? Colonial and imperial debates, 1842-1846 --

Part II: Towards self-government. Who will govern the settlers? Imperial and settler desires, visions, and utopias, 1846-1850 ; \'No place for the sole of their feet\': imperial-colonial dialogue on Aboriginal land rights, 1846-1851 ; Who will govern Aboriginal people? Britain transfers control of Aboriginal policy to the colonies, 1852-1854 ; The dark side of responsible government? Britain and indigenous people in the self-governing colonies, 1854-1870 --

Part III: Self-governing colonies and indigenous people, 1856-c.1870. Ghosts of the past, people of the present: Tasmania ; \'A refugee in our own land\': governing Aboriginal people in Victoria ; Aboriginal survival in New South Wales ; Their worst fears realised: the disaster of Queensland ; A question of honour in the colony that was meant to be different: Aboriginal policy in South Australia --

Part IV: Self-government for Western Australia. \'Little short of slavery\': forced Aboriginal labour in Western Australia, 1856-1884 ; \'A slur upon the colony\': making Western Australia\'s unusual constitution, 1885-1890 --

Conclusion.