Power and Dysfunction : The New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines 1883–1940
In 1883, the New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines was tasked with assisting and supporting an Aboriginal population that had been devastated by a brutal dispossession. It began its tenure with little government direction – its initial approach was cautious and reactionary. However,...
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