Australia's Coloured Minority: Its Place in the Community by A O Neville

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Ex library copy with external stickers. Stamps on title page and tail foredge. Wear to book corners and edges. Water stain to the lower edge of most pages. Pages are all separated. Some underlining in pencil. Dust jacket is intact with marks on front and back. In a protective cover. Rare copy.

Written as a personal retrospective following A O Neville's retirement as the Commissioner of Native Affairs for Western Australia, the text outlines his highly controversial arguments about assimilation.

The distinguishing features of this book on the 'half-castes' of Australia are its courage and humanity. In an outspoken indictment of our neglect, the author critically examines, among other things, the conduct, control, and staffing of native institutions; the care and education of children; work and wages; and the training and supervision of adolescents. (book flap)

In his own words from the book's opening pages, Neville states: "I make no apologies for writing the book... So few of our own people as a whole are aware of the position... Man is entitled to a measure of happiness in his life. Yet most of these people have never known real happiness."

Features a prominent introduction written by Australian anthropologist A P Elkin

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