The Reality of a Dark History
From contact and conflict to cultural recognition of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, History, Australia & Oceania
| Author: | Val Donovan | ISBN: | 9781925177268 |
| Publisher: | Australian eBook Publisher | Publication: | September 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Val Donovan |
| ISBN: | 9781925177268 |
| Publisher: | Australian eBook Publisher |
| Publication: | September 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The account of the period of first contact between Traditional Owners and European newcomers, with the resulting warfare and destruction of Indigenous societies through disease and malnutrition, sets in context later Queensland Government decisions. Government responses to the Aboriginal ‘problem’ became a history of legislation and an oppressive regime which controlled ATSI Peoples’ lives until the early 1970s.
The account of the period of first contact between Traditional Owners and European newcomers, with the resulting warfare and destruction of Indigenous societies through disease and malnutrition, sets in context later Queensland Government decisions. Government responses to the Aboriginal ‘problem’ became a history of legislation and an oppressive regime which controlled ATSI Peoples’ lives until the early 1970s.
