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Author Brock, Peggy, 1948-

Title Outback ghettos : Aborigines, institutionalisation and survival / Peggy Brock
Published Cambridge [England] ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1993

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 MELB  305.0899915 Bro/Oga  AVAILABLE
Description x, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
regular print
Series Studies in Australian history
Studies in Australian history.
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Legislation and policy: the context of outback ghettos -- 3. Poonindie, home away from 'country' -- 4. An established community and its destruction -- 5. Koonibba, a refuge for west coast people -- 6. Institutional upheaval and adjustment -- 7. Dispersal and the end of the mission era -- 8. Adnyamathanha: survival without institutionalisation -- 9. Nepabunna mission -- 10. The ghetto experience and survival -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Up until the 1970s, a large proportion of Aboriginal people in Australia had some experience in institutions as part of federal assimilation and protection policies. Focusing on three communities in South Australia, this book attempts to understand the consequences of this institutionalisation for Aborigines and Australian society in general. Peggy Brock uses the word 'ghetto' to evoke the nature of the missions in which, for generations, many Aboriginal people settled, as ghettos both oppress and nurture those who live within them. The missions were part of policies to control and segregate Aborigines, but the book shows that they often chose to live in the missions to ensure their own survival. Within the missions, Aborigines were able to establish distinctive communities and construct a strong, modern identity. The three communities considered in the book - Poonindie, Koonibba and Nepabunna - existed during distinct but overlapping periods and had varying responses to colonialism and mission life. In many cases, Aboriginal people associated themselves with the missions because they met urgent needs for survival: protection from a hostile world, access to rations, education and training in European skills. In fact, the missions for many became home. For others however, the emotional turmoil caused by the pressure to embrace Christianity on the one hand and the desire to maintain traditional ways on the other became unbearable
Analysis Australia
Australian aborigines Social conditions History
Australia
Australian aborigines Social conditions History
Aboriginal reserves
Aborigines
Acculturation
Assimilation
Attitudes
History
Social conditions
South Australia
Notes Cover subtitle: A history of Aboriginal institutionalisation and survival
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 168-175
Subject Koonibba Mission (S. Aust.) -- History
Koonibba Mission Station -- History
Koonibba Mission -- History
Nepabunna Mission (S. Aust) -- History
Nepabunna Mission -- History
Poonindie Mission (Poonindie, S. Aust.) -- History
Poonindie Mission (Poonindie, S.A.) -- History
Poonindie Mission (S. Aust.) -- History
Poonindie Mission
Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation -- Australia -- South Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
Aboriginal Australians -- Institutional care.
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- South Australia -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Acculturation -- Australia.
Adnyamathanha (Australian people)
Adnyamathanha (Australian people) -- Religion.
Koonibba Mission Station History
Missionary settlements -- Australia -- South Australia.
Missions to Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- History
Missions -- Australia -- South Australia -- History.
Nepabunna Mission History
Poonindie Mission (Poonindie, S.A.) History
Social integration -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
LC no. 93016329
ISBN 0521434351
0521447089 (paperback)
Other Titles Outback ghettos : a history of Aboriginal institutionalisation and survival