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Main Title:	Australian native policy : its history, especially in Victoria / by Edmund J.B. Foxcroft.
Author:	Foxcroft, Edmund J. B. (Edumund John Buchanan)
Imprint:	Melbourne : Melbourne University Press in association with Oxford University Press, 1941.
Collation:	168 p. ; hbk, 22 cm.

Summary:	Theories of origin, law & government, nineteenth century opinion of the Aborigine, contacts Tasmania, N.S.W., Vic.; native policy in Victoria 1836-9, Langhornes mission at Melbourne, native police 1837-39; N.S.W. Aboriginal Protectorate, Port Phillip District; Buntingdale Methodist Mission, Port Phillip native police, Merri Creek school; Victorian policy since 1850; N.S.W. population decline, conditions on settlements; S.A. - protectorate of Moorhouse, official reports on welfare, need for reserves; Qld. - missions, native police, appointment of Meston as Special Commissioner, Parry-Okeden report; W.A. - setting up of missions (New Norcia), Rottnest Is. prison, Roths Royal Commission report; Commonwealth native policy 1935 to present, Bleakleys survey, half caste problem, proposals for better employment conditions, reserves, finance; Appendix population figures (Commonwealth and State) 19291939, expenditure on Aborigines 1935-1936.
Subject:	Langhorne, George. Merri Creek School (Vic.) New Norcia Mission, WA Buntingdale Aboriginal Mission Government policy Missions and missionaries First Nations Australians First Nations Australians - - Government policy First Nations Australians - - Missions, missionaries and reserves Australia
Notes:	Includes index. This work contains text and/or images that may cause offence to members of the Australian Indigenous community, or may be deemed inappropriate for some users on the grounds of sex, age or social status by the Australian Indigenous community. Bibliography: p. 158-162.