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The protectors : a journey through whitefella past
- Title
- The protectors : a journey through whitefella past / Stephen Gray.
- Author
- Gray, Stephen, 1966-
- Publication
- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DU124.C45 G739 2011g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 296 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- This winner of the Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues is a beautifully and languidly written exploration of a little understood aspect of Australian history, and a personal discovery of the men who were the Northern Territory's protectors of Aboriginal welfare.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The meaning of saying sorry -- Of long-grassers and pioneers -- The crusader and the gifted little Prof -- The mosted hated man in the Territory -- Muscular Christianity -- Like other Australians -- Whether old men forget -- Giese's empire -- The poison closet -- Of stray threads, loose ends and the effort to tie up the past -- Notes on the duties and powers of protectors --
- ISBN
- 9781741759914 (pbk)
- 1741759919 (pbk)
- LCCN
- 40021130558
- OCLC
- ocn708732217
- 708732217
- SCSB-5646988
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries