First reconciliation, then a republic - starting with changing the date of Australia Day

I have always been rather taken with Gary Larsons Far Side cartoon which depicts a man getting out of bed in the morning, reading a very large poster on his wall that says: First pants, then your shoes. This stating of an obvious but critical ordering of events has salience for the debate over wheth...

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Main Author: Walter, M
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Melbourne University Press 2018
Subjects:
Studies in Human Society
Political Science
Political Theory and Political Philosophy
First Nations
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/136473
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spelling ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:136473 2023-05-15T16:16:17+02:00 First reconciliation, then a republic - starting with changing the date of Australia Day Walter, M 2018 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/136473 en eng Melbourne University Press Walter, M, First reconciliation, then a republic - starting with changing the date of Australia Day, The Converstion Yearbook 2018, Melbourne University Press, J Watson (ed), Carlton, Victoria, pp. 220-223. ISBN 9780522873368 (2018) [Other Book Chapter] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/136473 Studies in Human Society Political Science Political Theory and Political Philosophy Other Book Chapter NonPeerReviewed 2018 ftunivtasecite 2019-12-23T23:16:25Z I have always been rather taken with Gary Larsons Far Side cartoon which depicts a man getting out of bed in the morning, reading a very large poster on his wall that says: First pants, then your shoes. This stating of an obvious but critical ordering of events has salience for the debate over whether Australia should become a republic. Reconciliation between the Settler and First Nations populations is a self-evident prerequisite for Australia cutting the ties of colonial dependency with Britain to stand on our own. If we cant work out that we need to complete the peacemaking between Indigenous Australians the sole occupiers of the Australian continent for upwards of 60,000 years and those whose ancestors arrived at or post-1788, we are not ready to be a republic. Text First Nations eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania)
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Political Science
Political Theory and Political Philosophy
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Political Science
Political Theory and Political Philosophy
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First reconciliation, then a republic - starting with changing the date of Australia Day
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Political Theory and Political Philosophy
description I have always been rather taken with Gary Larsons Far Side cartoon which depicts a man getting out of bed in the morning, reading a very large poster on his wall that says: First pants, then your shoes. This stating of an obvious but critical ordering of events has salience for the debate over whether Australia should become a republic. Reconciliation between the Settler and First Nations populations is a self-evident prerequisite for Australia cutting the ties of colonial dependency with Britain to stand on our own. If we cant work out that we need to complete the peacemaking between Indigenous Australians the sole occupiers of the Australian continent for upwards of 60,000 years and those whose ancestors arrived at or post-1788, we are not ready to be a republic.
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