79 pages ; 21 cm + 1 questions to aid intepretation (5 pages)
Contents
"Questions to aid interpretation" : insert of 5 p
Summary
Violent conflict between settlers and Aborigines; racial attitudes and myths; cases are documented mainly with articles and newspapers of the period and include the Daly River murders in the N.T. (1884); the criticisms of the Rev. J. Gribble on the activities of the settlers to Aborigines in north-western Western Australia (1886) and the reaction to his comments; the rise of Social Darwinism and attitudes to Aborigines and the case of Jimmy Governor and his brothers concerning murder of whites in NSW (1900)
Analysis
Aborigines. Racial prejudice. Australia, 1860-1900. Case studies. Readings from contemporary sources
