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    Natural-Born Subjects? Race and British Subjecthood in Australia

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    Chesterman1, J
    Date
    2005-03
    Source Title
    Australian Journal of Politics and History
    Publisher
    Wiley
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Chesterman, John
    Affiliation
    Social and Political Sciences
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    Journal Article
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    Chesterman1, J. (2005). Natural-Born Subjects? Race and British Subjecthood in Australia. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 51 (1), pp.30-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.2005.00358.x.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/28577
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1467-8497.2005.00358.x
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    C1 - Refereed Journal Article

    Abstract
    From the time of European settlement in Australia until 1948, British subjecthood was the preeminent Australian citizenship classification. “Australian citizenship” was only created as a legal category in 1948, and from then until 1984 British subjecthood continued to exist, alongside Australian citizenship, as a kind of parenthetical citizenship status. This article explores the meanings and significance of British subjecthood in Australia, and considers the reasons for its eventual demise. The article argues that the advent of formal (legal) racial equality in Australia for Indigenous people and for immigrant groups (which culminated in 1975 with the passage of the Racial Discrimination Act ), was one significant factor that helped to render obsolete the scenario whereby Australian citizens were deemed also to be British subjects.
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    Political Science

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