Power and dysfunction : the New South Wales board for the protection of Aborigines 1883-1940 /
Egan, Richard,
Power and dysfunction : the New South Wales board for the protection of Aborigines 1883-1940 / New South Wales board for the protection of Aborigines 1883-1940 Richard Egan. - 1 online resource (xx, 371 pages) : illustrations - Aboriginal History Monographs . - Aboriginal History Monographs .
Includes bibliographical references.
National edeposit: Available online
In 1883 the New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines was tasked with assisting and supporting an Aboriginal population that had been devastated by a brutal dispossession. It began its tenure with little government direction - its initial approach was cautious and reactionary. However, by the turn of the century this Board, driven by some forceful individuals, was squarely focused on a legislative agenda that sought policies to control, segregate and expel Aboriginal people. Over time it acquired extraordinary powers to control Aboriginal movement, remove children from their communities and send them into domestic service, collect wages and hold them in trust, withhold rations, expel individuals from stations and reserves, authorise medical inspections, and prevent any Aboriginal person from leaving the state. Power and Dysfunction explores this Board and uncovers who were the major drivers of these policies, who were its most influential people, and how this body came to wield so much power. Paradoxically, despite its considerable influence, through its bravado, structural dysfunction, flawed policies and general indifference, it failed to manage core aspects of Aboriginal policy. In the 1930s, when the Board was finally challenged by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal groups seeking its abolition, it had become moribund, paranoid and secretive as it railed against all detractors. When it was finally disbanded in 1940, its 57-year legacy had touched every Aboriginal community in New South Wales with lasting consequences that still resonate today.
9781760464738 1760464732
22573/ctv23g8js2 JSTOR
New South Wales. Aborigines Protection Board --History.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of--History.--Australia--New South Wales
Aboriginal Australians--Government policy--History.--Australia--New South Wales
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content.
Government policy - State and territory - New South Wales.
Child welfare - Child / parent separation.
Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations.
Aboriginal Australians--Government policy.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
New South Wales.
Electronic books.
History.
DU124.G68
323.1199159
Power and dysfunction : the New South Wales board for the protection of Aborigines 1883-1940 / New South Wales board for the protection of Aborigines 1883-1940 Richard Egan. - 1 online resource (xx, 371 pages) : illustrations - Aboriginal History Monographs . - Aboriginal History Monographs .
Includes bibliographical references.
National edeposit: Available online
In 1883 the New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines was tasked with assisting and supporting an Aboriginal population that had been devastated by a brutal dispossession. It began its tenure with little government direction - its initial approach was cautious and reactionary. However, by the turn of the century this Board, driven by some forceful individuals, was squarely focused on a legislative agenda that sought policies to control, segregate and expel Aboriginal people. Over time it acquired extraordinary powers to control Aboriginal movement, remove children from their communities and send them into domestic service, collect wages and hold them in trust, withhold rations, expel individuals from stations and reserves, authorise medical inspections, and prevent any Aboriginal person from leaving the state. Power and Dysfunction explores this Board and uncovers who were the major drivers of these policies, who were its most influential people, and how this body came to wield so much power. Paradoxically, despite its considerable influence, through its bravado, structural dysfunction, flawed policies and general indifference, it failed to manage core aspects of Aboriginal policy. In the 1930s, when the Board was finally challenged by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal groups seeking its abolition, it had become moribund, paranoid and secretive as it railed against all detractors. When it was finally disbanded in 1940, its 57-year legacy had touched every Aboriginal community in New South Wales with lasting consequences that still resonate today.
9781760464738 1760464732
22573/ctv23g8js2 JSTOR
New South Wales. Aborigines Protection Board --History.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of--History.--Australia--New South Wales
Aboriginal Australians--Government policy--History.--Australia--New South Wales
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content.
Government policy - State and territory - New South Wales.
Child welfare - Child / parent separation.
Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations.
Aboriginal Australians--Government policy.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
New South Wales.
Electronic books.
History.
DU124.G68
323.1199159