Title The go-betweens : patrol officers in Aboriginal affairs administration in the Northern Territory 1936-74 / Jeremy Long

Published Casuarina, N.T. : North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University, 1992

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	362.849915 Lon/Gbp		AVAILABLE

Description xvi, 187 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm Contents Includes index Summary Discusses Commonwealth government administration of Aboriginal people in Northern Territory through patrol officers and welfare officers; describes the evolution of the services and functions relating to protection of Aboriginal people - patrols and surveys to take census, register wards, set up trading and ration stations, supervise working conditions for employees of cattle stations, remove children for assimilation in white society, set up training centres; examines role of Elkin in formulation of government policy and establishment of Australian School of Pacific Administration Analysis Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs portfolio Aborigines Federal issue History Northern Territory Public servants Social conditions State issue Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 176-181 Includes index Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Copy 3: Donated by ATSIC Library Subject Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs -- Officials and employees -- History. Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs -- Officials and employees. Northern Territory. Patrol Officers Service Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Services for -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Government relations -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Author Australian National University. North Australia Research Unit. LC no. 37008979 ISBN 0731513061

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