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Look forward, not back : aborigines in metropolitan Brisbane, 1965-1966

Smith, Hazel M.

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Aborigines who come to Brisbane from settlements and small country towns face all the problems of rapid urbanisation - housing, employment, education, morale. They have had some previous experience of white Australian society, but little of the social institutions that white Australians take for granted. In Brisbane, these social institutions and their agencies are available, yet Aborigines do not take advantage of them, partly because of their past lack of experience and partly because they do...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Hazel M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-18T06:29:21Z
dc.date.available2017-04-18T06:29:21Z
dc.identifier.otherb1118794
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/115183
dc.description.abstractAborigines who come to Brisbane from settlements and small country towns face all the problems of rapid urbanisation - housing, employment, education, morale. They have had some previous experience of white Australian society, but little of the social institutions that white Australians take for granted. In Brisbane, these social institutions and their agencies are available, yet Aborigines do not take advantage of them, partly because of their past lack of experience and partly because they do not always see such institutions as compatible with their life styles. The authors of this book believe that Aborigines can and will determine their own futures. They argue that white Australia must encourage the Aborigines to use existing social institutions and, if these are unsuitable, create new ones that will help Aboriginal Australians to a satisfying life. In redressing thus the neglect and indifference of the past, Australia might approach a multi-racial society rich in diversity.
dc.format.extent163 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian National University Press
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.subject.lcshAboriginal Australians Social conditions Australia Brisbane (Qld.)
dc.subject.lcshAboriginal Australians Urban residence Australia Brisbane (Qld.)
dc.titleLook forward, not back : aborigines in metropolitan Brisbane, 1965-1966
dc.typeBook
dc.date.issued1975
local.publisher.urlhttp://press.anu.edu.au/
local.type.statusPublished Version
dc.date.updated2017-04-18T06:29:20Z
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCanberra, ACT, Australia
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dc.provenanceThis republication is part of the digitisation project being carried out by Scholarly Information Services/Library and ANU Press under the provisions of Section 200AB of the Copyright Act, 1968 - http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s200ab.html
CollectionsANU Press (1965-Present)

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