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Book - A.O. Neville, 'Australia's Coloured Minority: Its Place in the Community', Currawong Publishing Co, 1947
Reg. No: HT 24038
- Summary:
- Hardcover book 'Australia's Coloured Minority: Its Place in the Community' by A.O. Neville, published by Currawong Publishing Company, Sydney, 1947. This book comes from the library of former Prime Minister John Benedict Chifley with a presentation label on front loose endpaper. Chifley was Prime Minister at the time the book was published. The book has an introduction by Adolphus Peter Elkin an anthropologist with a particular interest in Aboriginal rights and citizenship.
In the book Neville articulates of the belief that assimilation of Aboriginal people of mixed descent could only occur through 'breeding out the colour'. Neville was Chief Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia from 1915 to 1936 and Commissioner for Native Affairs from 1936 until his retirement in 1940. - Description:
- First edition hardcover book with dust jacket, octavo size with 264 pages and 8 pages of photographs.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 190 mm (Height), 280 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | aboriginal people, aboriginal issues, assimilation, stolen generations, eugenics |
| Themes this item is part of: | Cultural Diversity Collection, Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours, Immigration Museum Exhibition, 2011-2021 |
| Primary Classification: | CULTURAL IDENTITY |
| Secondary Classification: | Ethnicity |
| Tertiary Classification: | promotional materials |
| Inscriptions: | Title: Australia's Coloured Minority: Its Place in the Community Author: A. O. Neville |
| Publisher: | Currawong Publishing Co, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1947 |
| Author: | Mr Auber Neville, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1947 |
| Author: | Mr Adolphus Elkin, Australia, 1947 Introduction to book written by |
| Presented To: | Mr Ben Chifley, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 1947 |
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