The Remote Aborigines by C D Rowley

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing and sunning to foredges. Stains to first and last pages. Previous owner has signed inside page. Some underlining in pencil. Spine has cracked, with binding reinforced on pages 173-174. Still a usable copy.

First published in 1970, it is a detailed report on the social and economic situation of Aborigines in sparsely settled regions of Australia;

It investigates the situation of the 'full blood' Aborigines in the centre and north of Australia and argues that no policy can succeed in this area without reconciliation. It emphasises policy and administration in Aboriginal affairs; movement from outback regions to towns; racial discrimination; resistance of the white population to influx of Aboriginal residents; provision of housing; welfare requirements; education; disparity of wages; examines situation in towns and associated settlements throughout remote regions; examines issues surrounding the institutionalisation of Aboriginal people; effect of economic development on settlement life; politics of land rights, reserves vs pastoral leases; wages and conditions of employment in Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, pastoral industry particularly.