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Race relations in Australia : a history / A.T. Yarwood, M.J. Knowling
Bib ID 1762218
Format BookBook
Author
Yarwood, A. T. (Alexander Turnbull), 1927-2002
 
Description North Ryde, N.S.W. : Methuen Australia, 1982 
312 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. 
ISBN 0454004273
Summary

Detailed account of the ideology and practice of European racial discrimination against Aborigines, Islanders and Chinese; examines the history of discriminatory legislation and policies in each State during the early colonization period; briefer accounts of the White Australia Policy and the post-war period.

Full contents Includes index 
Notes

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 295-303.

Subjects Race relations. Australia, to date  |  Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.  |  Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-  |  Settlement and contacts - 17th Century.  |  Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping.  |  Settlement and contacts - 18th Century.  |  Settlement and contacts - Chinese.  |  Government policy - Initial period and protectionism.  |  Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.  |  Settlement and contacts - Ethnic groups, immigration and multiculturalism.  |  Government policy - Integration.  |  Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850.  |  Colonisation.  |  Race relations - Racial discrimination - Legislative.  |  Australia -- Race relations -- History.  |  Waiben / Thursday Island (Qld TSI SC54-11)  |  Queensland (Qld)  |  Swan River (SW WA SH50-14)
Other authors/contributors Knowling, M. J. (Mike J.)

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