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*Stolen Generation
*Stolen Generation


*Full blood/ Die out
*Full blood (aborigines/white)


*White Status (advancement)
*White Status (advancement)


*Bred out
*Bred out/Die out


*Concept of "Helping the Native"
*Concept of "Helping the Native"

Revision as of 20:33, 30 November 2008

Overview

History

  • European Arrival
  • British Settlement
    • Gold Rush
  • Various Massacres
    • Myall Creek Massacre
    • Battle Mountain
    • Massacre at Coniston

Terminology

  • Half Castes
  • Stolen Generation
  • Full blood (aborigines/white)
  • White Status (advancement)
  • Bred out/Die out
  • Concept of "Helping the Native"
  • Providing "Protection"

Legislation

Methods of "Breeding out"

  • 1869-1969 (time period)
  • Forced Sexual intercourse by White men on Aborigine Women
    • Continuity can "breed out" the Aborigine blood
  • Forced to attend "White Cultured" camps

Life of the Girls

Bibliography