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In good faith? : governing Indigenous Australia through god, charity and empire, 1825-1855 / Jessie Mitchell.

In good faith? : governing Indigenous Australia through god, charity and empire, 1825-1855 / Jessie Mitchell.
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ISBN 9781921862106 (pbk.)
Author Mitchell, Jessie
Title In good faith? : governing Indigenous Australia through god, charity and empire, 1825-1855 / Jessie Mitchell.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Canberra : ANU E Press, 2011.
Description ix, 223 p. ; 25 cm.
Series Aboriginal history monograph series 23
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: p. 199-223.
Contents Introduction -- 'This land of Barbarians' : missions and protectorates begin -- 'Godless political experiments' : philanthropy and governance -- 'All white masters belong to your King' : race, identity and empire -- 'Our country all gone' : rights, charity and the loss of land -- Deserving poverty? : rationing and philanthropy -- Keeping body and soul together : creating material 'civilisation' -- 'Can the dry bones live?' : religious life and afterlife -- 'This bitter reproach' : destruction, guilt and the colonial future -- Conclusion.
Summary In the early decades of the 19th century, Indigenous Australians suffered devastating losses at the hands of British colonists, who largely ignored their sovereignty and even their humanity. At the same time, however, a new wave of Christian humanitarians were arriving in the colonies, troubled by Aboriginal suffering and arguing that colonists had obligations towards the people they had dispossessed. These white philanthropists raised questions which have shaped Australian society ever since. Did Indigenous Australians have rights to land, rationing, education and cultural survival? If so, how should these be guaranteed, and what would people have to give up in return? Would charity and paternalism lead to effective government or dismal failure – to a powerful defence of an oppressed people, or to new forms of oppression? In Good Faith? paints a vivid picture of life on Australia’s first missions and protectorate stations, examining the tensions between charity and rights, empathy and imperialism, as well as the intimacy, dependence, resentment and obligations that developed between missionary philanthropists and the people they tried to protect and control. In this work, Mitchell brings to life hitherto neglected moments in Australia's history, and traces the origins of dilemmas still present today.
Subjects Indigenous peoples -- Government relations
Philanthropinism
Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Australia -- Colonisation
Series Aboriginal history monograph 23.
Call number 305.89915 AHM no. 23
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A00652571 305.89915 AHM no. 23
General Collection No. 23 . Available to Museum Staff .  
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