Title Brass discs, dog tags and finger scanners : the apology and Aboriginal protection in the Northern Territory 1863-1972 / Stephen Gray

Published Darwin, N.T. : Charles Darwin University Press, 2011

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Description viii, 229 pages : illustrations, map. ; 26 cm Contents 'Good intentions' and the dangers of repeating the past -- Red in tooth and claw: the frontier during the South Australian period -- Social Dawinism, progress, evolution and the purse-strings: Baldwin Spencer and the period to 1918 -- Eugenics, Capricornia-style: Chief Protector Dr Cecil Cook -- The dominance of the bloody-minded professor: Aboriginal policy during and after World War II -- 'Giese's empire': assimilation prior to the Equal Wages case -- The end of assimilation: after the Equal Wages case 1966-1971 -- Conclusion: best intentions and the stolen generation Summary Is the history of Aboriginal "protection" essentially something to be celebrated, albeit with some well-intentioned mistakes? Or is white treatment of Aboriginal people, as Justice Brennan commented in the Mabo case, a legacy of unutterable shame? Analysis Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy Aborigines Ethnic relations History Northern Territory Social conditions Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index Subject Northern Territory Emergency Response Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Government relations -- History. Intervention (Federal government) -- Australia -- Northern Territory. LC no. 2012517206 ISBN 9780980864137 (paperback)

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