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"How is it that Aboriginality seems to appear and disappear in public culture? One of the key ways in which this happens is through some strange and repetitive patterns of forgetting and remembering: forgetting dispossession and then recalling it much later, forgetting nuclear testing on indigenous lands and then uncovering that history; forgetting the removal of indigenous children and then remembering their stories. This cycle is both dishonest and destructive. Writing against these tendencies, this book is about the politics of memory. It attempts to remember the continuity of the historical presence of Aboriginality and to remembering how that presence has been forgotten"--Provided by publisher

"Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 24th June, 1857." ; A petition from the Assembly of the United Church of England and Ireland in Victoria urging "that a central establishment be formed for the reception of all Aboriginal children or adults who can be induced to enter it."

March 10, 2015 was a quiet day in Kalgoorlie Australia, a mining town of under 30,000 people in Central Western Australia. Prime Minister Tony Abbott was visiting, and he was expected to comment on the announced closing of up to 150 remote aboriginal communities by Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett. The turmoil erupted when he chose to back Barnett's plan in a particularly undiplomatic fashion. Protests swept through cities across the nation and echoed abroad. Indigenous leaders and the political opposition united in condemning the lack of common sense and understanding demonstrated by the conservative leader. But that was only the beginning. Here, Moullot examines the closing of up to 150 remote aboriginal communities by Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett and the turmoil that erupted after. Adapted from the source document.