Frontier : Aborigines, settlers and land / Henry Reynolds
- Bib ID:
- 2181910
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Reynolds, Henry, 1938-
- Description:
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- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1987
- ix, 234 pages ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 004994004X
- 0049940058 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Analysis of the attitudes and behaviour of settlers in reaction to Aborigines whose land they settled; concentrates on the themes of conflict, ideology and land ownership from first settlement to early 20th century; defines the nature of conflict through examination of letters, newspaper reports, parliamentary and other papers of the times; examines philosophical bases of 19th century philanthropic attitudes toward Aborigines, European typification of them as savages; compares 19th century understanding of native title in Australia with other common-law countries; examines the 19th century controversy as to whether or not Aborigines retained rights to land.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 211-229.
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1987
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