| Description |
x, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Studies in Australian history |
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Studies in Australian history.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Legislation and policy: the context of outback ghettos -- 3. Poonindie, home away from 'country' -- 4. An established community and its destruction -- 5. Koonibba, a refuge for west coast people -- 6. Institutional upheaval and adjustment -- 7. Dispersal and the end of the mission era -- 8. Adnyamathanha: survival without institutionalisation -- 9. Nepabunna mission -- 10. The ghetto experience and survival -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Up until the 1970s, a large proportion of Aboriginal people in Australia had some experience in institutions as part of federal assimilation and protection policies. Focusing on three communities in South Australia, this book attempts to understand the consequences of this institutionalisation for Aborigines and Australian society in general. Peggy Brock uses the word 'ghetto' to evoke the nature of the missions in which, for generations, many Aboriginal people settled, as ghettos both oppress and nurture those who live within them. The missions were part of policies to control and segregate Aborigines, but the book shows that they often chose to live in the missions to ensure their own survival. Within the missions, Aborigines were able to establish distinctive communities and construct a strong, modern identity. The three communities considered in the book - Poonindie, Koonibba and Nepabunna - existed during distinct but overlapping periods and had varying responses to colonialism and mission life. In many cases, Aboriginal people associated themselves with the missions because they met urgent needs for survival: protection from a hostile world, access to rations, education and training in European skills. In fact, the missions for many became home. For others however, the emotional turmoil caused by the pressure to embrace Christianity on the one hand and the desire to maintain traditional ways on the other became unbearable |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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Australian aborigines Social conditions History |
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Australia |
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Australian aborigines Social conditions History |
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Aboriginal reserves |
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Aborigines |
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Acculturation |
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Assimilation |
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Attitudes |
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History |
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Social conditions |
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South Australia |
| Notes |
Cover subtitle: A history of Aboriginal institutionalisation and survival |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 168-175 |
| Subject |
Koonibba Mission (S. Aust.) -- History
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Koonibba Mission Station -- History
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Koonibba Mission -- History
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Nepabunna Mission (S. Aust) -- History
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Nepabunna Mission -- History
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Poonindie Mission (Poonindie, S. Aust.) -- History
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Poonindie Mission (Poonindie, S.A.) -- History
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Poonindie Mission (S. Aust.) -- History
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Poonindie Mission
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Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation -- Australia -- South Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Institutional care.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- South Australia -- History.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Acculturation -- Australia.
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Adnyamathanha (Australian people)
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Adnyamathanha (Australian people) -- Religion.
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Koonibba Mission Station History
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Missionary settlements -- Australia -- South Australia.
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Missions to Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- History
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Missions -- Australia -- South Australia -- History.
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Nepabunna Mission History
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Poonindie Mission (Poonindie, S.A.) History
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Social integration -- Australia.
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Australia -- History.
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Australia -- Politics and government.
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| LC no. |
93016329 |
| ISBN |
0521434351 |
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0521447089 (paperback) |
