1. Providence and Protectors -- 2. The 'Half-Caste Problem' -- 3. From Protection to Assimiliation -- 4. New Deal, Raw Deal -- 5. The Retta Dixon Home -- 6. Whose Welfare? -- 7. Welfare and the New Home -- 8. Vigilance For The Future
Summary
Impact of institutionalisation on part Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory; views of those who grew up under the dormitory system; Aboriginal people were brought from all over the Top End to Kahlin Compound, which was later transferred to Bagot Reserve; Retta Dixon Childrens Home administered by the Aborigines Inland Mission; assimilation; child welfare; children; institutional care
Analysis
Aboriginal Australians - Children - Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australians - Children - Removal
Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory - Government relations