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Record Nr.

UNISA996217062803316

Autore

Mitchell Jessie

Titolo

In good faith? : governing Indigenous Australia through God, charity and empire, 1825-1855 / / Jessie Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : ANU E Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-921862-11-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Aboriginal history monograph series ; ; 23

Disciplina

305.89915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Government relations - History - 19th century

Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - 19th century

Indigenous peoples - Government relations

Philanthropinism

Colonization - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Politics and government 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-223).

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'This land of Barbarians': missions and protectorates begin; 'Godless political experiments': philanthropy and governance; 'All white masters belong to your King': race, identity and empire; 'Our country all gone': rights, charity and the loss of land; Deserving poverty? Rationing and philanthropy; Keeping body and soul together: creating material 'civilisation'; 'Can these dry bones live?' Religious life and afterlife; 'This bitter reproach': destruction, guilt and the colonial future; Conclusion; Bibliography