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Author Stevens, Frank S.

Title Aborigines in the Northern Territory cattle industry / Frank Stevens ; with drawings by Bruce Petty
Published Canberra : Australian National University Press, 1974

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 ADPML SPC  331.69991 Ste/Ait  LIB USE ONLY
Description xiv, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
regular print
Series Aborigines in Australian society ; 11
Aborigines in Australian society ; 11
Contents Includes index
Summary Employment of Aborigines on pastoral properties; stockmen, drovers, gardeners, pumpers, fencers etc. discussed; conditions of employment and wages for full blood and part- Aborigines; demographic considerations and number employed; changes in social organization and political power on stations; housing conditions and related facilities; attitudes of Aborigines and whites to each other; brutality and conflict; government, welfare departments and police policy to those employed; fair wages and legal enquiries; unions and disputes including strikes
Analysis Cattle industries. Personnel: Aborigines. Employment. Northern Territory, 1965-1967
Notes Includes index
Maps on lining papers
Series sponsored by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [215]-222
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Employment -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Cattle trade -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Labor -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Labor movement -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Working class -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Labor supply -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Ranch life -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Author Petty, Bruce, 1929-
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
LC no. 73088685
ISBN 0708106986