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Author Austin, Tony, 1943-

Title I can picture the old home so clearly : the Commonwealth and half-caste youth in the Northern Territory 1911-1939 / Tony Austin
Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1993

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  362.7979915 Aus/Icp  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Mixed race : the ideological context -- The 'half-caste' in South Australia's northern territory -- The commonwealth takeover -- Increasing controls 1921-1927 -- The Bleakley Report -- The eager young bureaucrat-graduate chief protector Cecil Cook -- Policy development 1927-1939 -- The bungalow to 1939 -- The Darwin home and 'half-caste' employment -- From 'half-caste' to 'part-Aboriginal'
Summary Government policy for mixed descent children in the Northern Territory; removal of children to Kahlin and Bungalow; training for employment and assimilation; conditions in childrens homes; government indifference; attitudes to race
Notes Bibliography; p. 253-274; Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 253-274
Notes Copy 4 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Subject Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Childhood and youth -- Government policy -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Mixed descent -- Government policy -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Mixed descent -- Government policy.
Aboriginal Australians -- Mixed descent -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Mixed descent -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Aboriginal Australians -- Mixed descent.
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Mixed descent -- Social conditions
Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
Aboriginal Australians -- Youth -- Government policy -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Youth -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Childhood and youth -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Mixed descent -- Social conditions
Child welfare -- Child/parent separation -- Stolen generations
Child welfare -- Children's homes
Child welfare -- Youth services
Government policy -- Assimilation (Sociology) -- 1926-1950
Government policy -- Commonwealth
Government policy -- Initial period and protectionism -- 1901-1925
Race relations -- Racism -- Sterotyping
Racially mixed people -- Government policy -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Stolen generations (Australia)
Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Government policy -- History.
Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Government policy.
Youth, Aboriginal Australian.
LC no. abn92366682
ISBN 0855752394
9780855752392