Dreams and Nightmares of a White Australia
Author: Catriona Elder
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9783039117222
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalysis of the assimilation issues and race relations in five novels from the 1950s and 1960s and three non-fiction and texts that were produced in academic and government circles regarding the 'half caste problem' in the 1930s and 1940s; includes overview of assimilation in Australia and definitions of assimilation; management of race relations in Australia; eugenic politics; Aboriginality; 1937 Aboriginal welfare conference; Citizenship for the Aborigines (1944); Australia's Colours Minority: Its place in the community (1947).