| Description |
275 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Australian experience ; no. 4 |
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Australian experience ; no. 4
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| Contents |
1. Traditional life -- 2. The Gamaraigal confront the British -- 3. Resisting the invaders -- 4. Cultural resistance amidst destruction -- 5. Stifling Aboriginal initiative -- 6. Racism enshrined -- 7. Mixed missionary blessings -- 8. Aborigines in teh cattle industry -- 9. Aborigines and the caste barrier -- 10. Breaking down the barriers -- 11. Towards self-determination -- 12. Ambivalent times |
| Summary |
Summary of traditional lifeways; first contact in the Sydney region - modes of Gamaraigal resistance; violent conflict on the frontier - Aboriginal tactics; role of the Native Police; attempts at accommodation - failure of kinship and reciprocal relations - alcohol abuse, sexual and work relations, disease, intertribal conflicts, population decline; racial stereotypes on both sides; tensions within Aboriginal society and the decline of its high culture; Aboriginal enterprise - Coranderrk, Raukkan (Point Mcleay) and Maloga; effects of dispersal Acts; institutional racism; the northern frontier, control and influence of missions - Ernabella and Jigalong contrasted; economic and social dependence in the northern cattle industry; pearling; Pilbara strikes - Pinolan, Wave Hill -Gurindji; mining disputes; caste barriers - NSW and Victorian Aborigines in the 1920's -60's - employment, education, housing; the 'culture of poverty'; limitations of racist policies; influence of Anthropology; Aboriginal protest movements; defining the assimilation policy; legislative repeal; self-determination landrights and mining - Ranger agreement; cultural revival; Chapter 12 - summary of contemporary situation for second edition - effects of mining royalties, outstation movement, opposition to land rights; problems of health and community development - Toomelah, racism, bicentennial protest, deaths in custody, Mabo decision; General codes: early cultural contact and history - general; violent conflict - 18th and 19th century; colonisation; general accounts of Aboriginal culture; politics, tribal law and social control - -general; arts - general; change - introduced - Christian; government policy and administration - initial period and protectionism, assimilation, integration and self determination; primary production and Aboriginal pastoral activities; land rights - general; disputes, claims and cases; race relations - discrimination and prejudice; relations and attitudes - White/Aboriginal; housing and community planning - general; education - general; health and disease - general |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians Government relations |
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Aboriginal Australians History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [261)-267 |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- History.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Race discrimination -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562
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Australia -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476
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| LC no. |
95124485 |
| ISBN |
186373760X |
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