The story some histories tell about the 1840 agreement between Māori and the British Crown may be popular and even comforting. But they are also incomplete – and even unhelpful.
- Professor of History, Monash University
What Yorta Yorta leader William Cooper was asking for was a means by which Australia’s lawmakers could be informed of the views of Aboriginal people.
William Cooper was in his 70s when he began a remarkable political campaign, pushing for Indigenous rights and recognition.
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