Black and blue: Australia. (aborigines) From: The Economist (US) | Date: May 2, 1992 | COPYRIGHT 1992 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Australia has no treaty of any sort with the aborigines, who face racial and economic discrimination. The government has created a Reconciliation Council in the effort to create a treaty, but most citizens do not want the treaty to have any economic impact.

THE white races who "discovered" much of the world eventually made terms with most of the people whose land they had taken. Treaties were signed with the Indians of North America and the Maoris of New Zealand. They may have b...

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