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Neither Amity Nor Kindness : Government Policy Towards Aboriginal People of NSW 1788 to 1969
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'Neither Amity Nor Kindnessskillfully chronicles government policies affecting Aboriginal people of New South Wales from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 until the abolition of the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1969. While details of these policies can be found in many books on Aboriginal history, this account presents a flowing narrative that connects all of them in the one readable volume...' (Source: back cover)
Notes
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'This book has references to deceased Aboriginal people, their words, names and sometimes their photographs. Their words are already in the public domain and permission has been obtained to use the photographs. In Aboriginal communities it is customary not to mention the name of, or reproduce images of, the recently deceased. Care and discretion therefore should be taken in using this book.' (Source: title page verso)
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This work contains Chapters:
1. 1788-1790: amity and kindness
2. 1792-1824: reprisals and martial law in Bathurst
3. 1838: the frontier, missions & protectors
4. 1840-1883: reserves and intervention
5. 1909: under the Act
6. 1930s: racial purity and Aboriginal activism
7. 1938: protest and war
8. 1940s-1950s: the welfare board and assimilation
9. 1957-1967: national pressure points for change
10. 1969: end of the Aborigines welfare board
Post 1969: an epilogue.
