From the Barrel of a Gun: The Oppression of the Aborigines, 1860-1900Violent conflict between settlers and Aborigines; racial attitudes and myths; cases are documented mainly with articles and newspapers of the period and include the Daly River murders in the N.T. (1884); the criticisms of the Rev. J. Gribble on the activities of the settlers to Aborigines in north-western Western Australia (1886) and the reaction to his comments; the rise of Social Darwinism and attitudes to Aborigines and the case of Jimmy Governor and his brothers concerning murder of whites in NSW (1900). |
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The Ideology of the Frontiersman | 7 |
b South Australian Register 8 September 1884 | 13 |
7Denial of Dr Morices Allegations | 19 |
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