Far country : a short history of the Northern Territory / Alan Powell
- Bib ID:
- 1918534
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Powell, Alan, 1936-2020
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1988
- xii, 301 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0522843778 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Includes information on Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory; Macassans; exploration; early history; violent conflicts; failed attempts to set up pastoral stations in Arnhem Land - shooting of Aboriginal people by the Eastern and African Cold Storage Supply Company and George Conway; role in pastoral industry; police trackers; government policy and legislation; land rights; references.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1982.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 270-287.
- Subject:
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- Government policy - Integration
- Government policy - Assimilation
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Law - Administrative law - Northern Territory
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - 1901-
- Land rights - Pastoral industry
- Law enforcement - Police trackers
- Employment - Labour market
- Northern Territory -- History
- Northern Territory (NT)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2090 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2020
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1988
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