Cambridge university press dec 22 1997 history 277 pages 0 reviews this is the first comprehensive study of the ways in which aborigines and torres strait islanders have been excluded from. Citizens without rights focuses on the manner in which aborigines were deprived of the basic rights of citizenship through government institutions and practices it traces the institutional definition and development of australian citizenship in the context of the aboriginal community from colonial times through federation and culminating in the tumult of contemporary debate it combines . Citizens without rights book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers this is the first comprehensive study of the ways in which aborigi. Citizens without rights aborigines and australian citizenship john chesterman brian galligan this is the first comprehensive study of the ways in which aborigines and torres strait islanders have been excluded from the rights of australian citizenship over the past 100 years. Citizens without rights aborigines and australian citizenship john chesterman and brian galligan national library of australia our summer opening hours will be in place from thursday 24 december 2020 until saturday 2 january 2021 check our summer opening hours before planning your visit enjoy a covidsafe visit to the national library