Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights

is Max Crawford Professor of History at the University of Melbourne, Australia is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne, Australia Shurlee Swain is a Professor at Australian Catholic University and a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne

• Claiming a second empire: imperial expansion and its critics. Establishing settler dominance: Canada - "If they treat the Indians humanely, all will be well"; Australasia - one or two "honorable cannibals" in the house?; South Africa - "The Hottentot at the hustings, or the Hottentot in the wilds with his gun on his shoulder". Entrenching settler control: Canada - "A vote the same as any other person"; Australasia - "Australia for the white man"; South Africa - saving the white voters from being "utterly swamped".