Colonial domination: Aborigines in the Northern Territory; background to attitudes and policies

McMahon, Monica

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Colonial domination: Aborigines in the Northern Territory; background to attitudes and policies

Date

1977

Authors

McMahon, Monica

Abstract

When the Commonwealth assumed control of the Northern Territory in 1911 its objective was to settle Europeans on the land and a colonisation policy was framed to that end.