| The Aboriginal People, Parliament and 'Protection': In New South Wales, 1856-1916 Contributor(s): Doukakis, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1862876061 ISBN-13: 9781862876064 Publisher: Federation Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2006 Annotation: Doukakis draws upon 60 years of New South Wales parliamentary debates to investigate early attitudes towards Aborigines and the policies and legislation which affected them. She shows that the men elected to the first democratic Parliament in NSW in 1856, and their successors up to 1916, held wide-ranging views on Aborigines. Their debates ranged from the right to vote to the provision of blankets, from wages to the settlement of Aborigines. This book shows that no one group of politicians dominated policy or debate. This encouraged an openness which enabled Aboriginal participation in the political process. This openness ended in 1916, shortly after the NSW Parliament passed legislation empowering the State to remove Aboriginal children from their parents. By shedding light on the men who made up the NSW Parliament, The Aboriginal People, Parliament and Protection in NSW 1856-1916 provides an unusually nuanced picture of parliamentarians and, through them, colonial society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Indigenous Peoples |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2007367096 |
| Physical Information: 195 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Doukakis draws upon 60 years of NSW parliamentary debates to investigate early attitudes towards Aborigines, and towards policies and legislation which affected them. She shows that the men elected to the first democratic Parliament in NSW in 1856, and their successors to 1916, held wide-ranging views on Aborigines. |