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In Good Faith? : Governing Indigenous Australia Through God, Charity and Empire, 1825-1855.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Aboriginal History MonographsPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (234 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781921862113
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: In Good Faith?DDC classification:
  • 305.89915
LOC classification:
  • DU124.G68
Online resources:
Contents:
Preliminary -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 'This land of Barbarians': missions and protectorates begin -- 'Godless political experiments': philanthropy and governance -- 'All white masters belong to your King': race, identity and empire -- 'Our country all gone': rights, charity and the loss of land -- Deserving poverty? Rationing and philanthropy -- Keeping body and soul together: creating material 'civilisation' -- 'Can these dry bones live?' Religious life and afterlife -- 'This bitter reproach': destruction, guilt and the colonial future -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
Summary: 'In Good Faith?' paints a vivid picture of life on Australia's first missions and protectorate stations, examining the tensions between charity and rights, empathy and imperialism, as well as the intimacy, dependence, resentment and obligations that developed between missionary philanthropists and the people they tried to protect and control.
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Preliminary -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 'This land of Barbarians': missions and protectorates begin -- 'Godless political experiments': philanthropy and governance -- 'All white masters belong to your King': race, identity and empire -- 'Our country all gone': rights, charity and the loss of land -- Deserving poverty? Rationing and philanthropy -- Keeping body and soul together: creating material 'civilisation' -- 'Can these dry bones live?' Religious life and afterlife -- 'This bitter reproach': destruction, guilt and the colonial future -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

'In Good Faith?' paints a vivid picture of life on Australia's first missions and protectorate stations, examining the tensions between charity and rights, empathy and imperialism, as well as the intimacy, dependence, resentment and obligations that developed between missionary philanthropists and the people they tried to protect and control.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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