A Picnic with the Natives
Author: Gordon Reid
Publisher: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; Portland, Or. : U.S.A. and Canada, International Specialized Book Services
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Aboriginal-European relations during South Australian administration of Northern Territory; humanitarian intentions of Glenelg and Hindmarsh and cordial relations at Port Essington; conflict with drovers, settlers on pastoral leases, Barrow Creek telegraph station attack, Daly River murders, 1884, establishment of native police force; establishment of Hermannsburg Mission, Jesuit mission at Rapid Creek, then Daly River; return to humanitarian ideals and setting up of reserves, protection bill, effect of justice system, Aboriginal employment in pastoral industry; career of policeman Paul Foelsche, who photographed Aborigines.