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The New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines 1883—1940
Aboriginal History Incorporated
Aboriginal History Inc. is a part of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, and gratefully acknowledges the support of the School of History and the National Centre for Indigenous Studies, The Australian National University. Aboriginal History Inc. is administered by an Editorial Board which is responsible for all unsigned material. Views and opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily shared by Board members.
Contents
List of figures vii Foreword xiii Acknowledgements XV Terminology xix Introduction 1 A faltering start to ‘protection’, 1883 19 2. Policy drift, 1883-1897 49 3. The zealot from Parramatta 93 4. The ‘almost white’ children, 1904-1910 125 5. Enter the bureaucrats, 1916 151 6. The girls return 189 7. Ifthe ‘white parents object’ 229 8. Winds of change 257 Conclusion 291 Appendix 1: Board members in order of appearance 297 Appendix 2: Member attendance for all Board members from 1883 until 1916 325 Appendix 3: Member attendance for all Board members from 1916 until 1939 327 Appendix 4: Statistics of removals (see Chapter 6) 329
List of figures
Figure 1.1: George Thornton.
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