AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL
How European theories of racial purity, eugenics and miscegention shaped colonial Australians’ beliefs that half-castes were morally and physically defective, unstable and degenerate.
They bore the brunt of society’s contempt and the removal of their children created Australia’s “Stolen Generations”.
xxii, 278 p. ; 23 cm. #160423 (Age tanning to pages.)
Reynolds, Henry, 1938- | Reynolds, John, 1901- | Aboriginal Australians — Mixed descent. | Aboriginal Australians — Mixed descent — Social conditions. | Racially mixed people — Australia. | Government policy – Initial period and protectionism. | Social identity – Mixed descent. | Government policy – Assimilation. | Child welfare – Child / parent separation – Stolen generations. | Race relations – Racial discrimination – Legislative. | Australia — Race relations.