| ISBN |
9781460764022 (paperback) |
| Name |
Grant, Stan, 1963- author. |
| Title |
The queen is dead / Stan Grant. |
| Published |
Gadigal Country ; Sydney, NSW : Fourth Estate, 2023. |
| ©2023 |
| Description |
288 pages ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-288) |
| Summary |
From Stan Grant, leading journalist and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Talking to My Country and Australia Day, comes an extraordinary and powerful call to action. 'History is not weighted on the scales, it is felt in our bones. It is worn on our skin. It is scarred in memory.' The Queen reigned for seventy years. She came to the throne at the height of Empire and died with the world at a tipping point. What comes next after the death of what Stan Grant calls 'the last white Queen'? From one of our most respected and award-winning journalists, Stan Grant, The Queen is Dead is a searing, viscerally powerful, emotionally unstoppable, pull-no-punches book on the bitter legacy of colonialism for indigenous people. Taking us on a journey through the world's fault lines, from the war in Ukraine, the rise of China, the identity wars, the resurgence of white supremacy, and the demand that Black Lives Matter, The Queen is Dead is a full-throated, impassioned argument on the necessity for an end to monarchy in Australia, the need for a Republic, and what needs to be done - through the Voice to Parliament and beyond - to address and redress the pain and sorrow and humiliations of the past. Momentous and timely, The Queen is Dead carries an urgent, undeniable and righteous demand for justice, for a reckoning, and a just settlement with First Nations people. |
| Subjects |
Monarchy -- Australia -- History |
| Imperialism -- Australia -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Government relations |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Politics and government |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Civil rights |
| Constitutional amendments -- Australia |
| Constitutional history -- Australia |
| Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century |
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