Blood, Sweat & Welfare: A History of White Bosses & Aboriginal Pastoral Workers by Mary Ann Webb

Blood, Sweat & Welfare: A History of White Bosses & Aboriginal Pastoral Workers by Mary Ann Webb

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781876268619
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: Mary Ann Jebb
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Place: Crawley WA
Year: 2003
Format: Paperback
Pages: 364 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand.Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

When Europeans first arrived in the Kimberley, a turbulent era began for the Indigenous people. To survive, they aligned themselves with white men through unspoken and unequal contracts of ownership and protection. Aboriginal men were forced to fight for their women, children and resources, and many were driven away from pastoral stations or gaoled.

Until 1968, when equal wages were finally granted, black pastoral workers received only a pocket money allowance and rations. By then, the stations no longer sustained them, and Aboriginal people gradually moved towards towns and reserves, where welfare and social security became their only means of survival.

In this absorbing study, survivors of this devastating time speak openly to Mary Anne Jebb about the first contact between blacks and whites, the arrival of "Welfare", and the demise of pastoralism in the northern ranges. Alongside their oral testimonies, the author draws on a range of written archives to explore what happened during the settlement of the Kimberley. (publisher blurb)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.

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