Federalising the aborigines? Constitutional reform in the late 1920s

Australian Historical Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 111, 1998, Pages 248-266

  Paisley, Fiona ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 27844522303     PISSN: 1031461X     EISSN: 19405049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10314619808596072     Document Type: Article

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