A picnic with the natives : Aboriginal-European relations in the Northern Territory to 1910 /

A picnic with the natives : Aboriginal-European relations in the Northern Territory to 1910 /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Reid, Gordon, 1929 April 17-
Imprint:	Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; Portland, Or. : U.S.A. and Canada, International Specialized Book Services [distributor], 1990.
Description:	xii, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Australian aborigines -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- Sources. Australian aborigines -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Government relations. Australian aborigines -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Race relations. Northern Territory -- History -- Sources. Northern Territory -- Race relations. Northern Territory. History. Sources.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1209348

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	0522844197
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.

Description
Summary:	As Europeans began arriving in the Australian Northern Territory, meetings of locals and intruders were at first cautious, nervous, but generally cordial. Distant officials urged liberality and restraint upon the colonizers, but made no acknowledgement of Aboriginal rights. Uneasy peace ended with the coming of the pastoralists. Individual cases of mutual goodwill are documented, but from the chasm of misunderstanding between cultures and the clash of territorial interests grew hostility and bloodshed and a steady weakening of official resolve.
Physical Description:	xii, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.
ISBN:	0522844197