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Author Smith, Hazel M., -1970

Title Look forward, not back : Aborigines in metropolitan Brisbane, 1965-1966 / Hazel M. Smith and Ellen H. Biddle
Published Canberra : Australian National University Press, 1975

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 MELB  305.89915 Smi/Lfn  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 163 pages ; 22 cm
Series Aborigines in Australian society ; 12
Aborigines in Australian society ; 12
Contents Includes index
Summary Part of Academy of the Social Sciences Project; Results of survey research conducted with E.H. Bidle discussed and evaluated in terms of the viability of Aboriginal integration into Australian society; Based on the thesis that Brisbane Aborigines were better off than Aborigines in areas from which they migrated, not as well off as Brisbane whites, were acculturated but only partially assimilated; Theories of social interaction, measurements of interaction; Survey sample; Family & kinship parents in household, head of household, extended families, marriage patterns, cross-group marriages, legislation re cross-group marriages, racial definition of children from cross-group marriages, passing, parenthood, family; Social problems nature of family/household problems, seeking aid from Govt./voluntary welfare organisations; Housing - social/physical segregation, types of dwellings, occupancy & crowding, rent, facilities & conveniences, types of reading material found in the home; Education - levels reached, age-grade distribution, parental evaluation of childrens progress & problems & educational aspirations for their children; Aborigines in the work force occupational skill levels achieved, distribution among occupations, mothers occupational aspirations for their sons/daughters, unemployment, women in the work force; Economic status - savings accounts, insurance, buying on hire purchase; Participation in community life - applicable electoral laws, compulsory & non-compulsory voting enrolments, enrolment & socio-economic status personal stability and social integration, membership in unions clubs and voluntary organisations; Reasons for satisfaction/dissatisfaction with life and morale; Summary of Aboriginal status in the community re acculturation, amalgamation, assimilation, integration; Compensatory and political action programs; Suggestions for further research; Appendix contains the survey questionaire
Analysis Australian Aborigines. Social conditions. Brisbane, 1965-1966
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [157]-160
Notes Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Brisbane
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Urban residence -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.) -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Urban residence -- Australia -- Queensland.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.) -- Social conditons
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Dunwich
Author Biddle, Ellen H. (Ellen Horgan), 1928-
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
LC no. 73094360
ISBN 0708106978