Nyungar Tradition : glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914

Publication Resource Details

Author
Tilbrook, Lois
Publication Date
1983
Publisher
University of Western Australia Press
URL
http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/m0022954.pdf
Description
Lois Tilbrook's important work, Nyungar Tradition : glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914 which is now out of print has been published by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) as an electronic book.

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Aborigines Act 1889, Western Australia (1890 - 1898)
Aborigines Act 1897, Western Australia (1898 - 1906)
Aborigines Act 1905, Western Australia (1906 - 1964) Relevance: pp. 5 & 55
Aborigines Act Amendment Act 1911, Western Australia (1911 - 1964)
Aborigines Act Amendment Act 1936, Western Australia (1936 - 1964) Relevance: p. 5
Aborigines Department, State of Western Australia (1 April 1898 - 31 December 1908)
Aborigines Inland Mission (1905 - 1998) Relevance: p.62
Aborigines Protection Act 1886, Western Australia (1887 - 1906)
Aborigines Protection Board, Crown Colony of Western Australia (January 1887 - 1890)
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (1964 - )
Department of Aborigines and Fisheries, State of Western Australia (1 January 1909 - 1 January 1920)
Ellensbrook Farm Home (1899 - 1917) Relevance: pp.46-47 (photographs included)
Industrial Schools Act 1874, Western Australia (1874 - 1893)
Methodist Church of Western Australia (1829 - 1977) Relevance: pp.20, 41
Moore River Native Settlement (1918 - 1951) Relevance: pp.119, 183
Native Administration Act Amendment Act 1941, Western Australia (1941 - 1963) Relevance: p. 5
Native Institution, Mount Eliza (1834 - 1838) Relevance: p.20
Royal Commission to Investigate, Report and Advise upon Matters in Relation to the Condition and Treatment of Aborigines 1935, State of Western Australia (1934? - 1935)
Salvation Army Girls' Home, Kalgoorlie (1904? - 1924?) Relevance: p.208
St Joseph's Native School and Orphanage, New Norcia (1861 - 1974)
St Mary's Mission, New Norcia (1848 - 1974)
Stolen Generations
Swan Native and Half Caste Mission (c. 1880 - 1920)

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