''Aborigines in White Australia'' is a 1974 book by

Sharman Stone Sharman Nancy Stone (née Bawden; born 23 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who represented Division of Murray, Murray in the Australian House of Representatives between March 1996 and July 2016 as a member of the Liberal Party of A ...

. It is a compilation of

historical documents Historical documents are original documents that contain important historical information about a person, place, or event and can thus serve as primary sources as important ingredients of the historical methodology. Significant historical documen ...

regarding the changing attitudes of

white people White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European origin, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view. Description of populations as ...

, especially white Australians, towards

indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

. It covers the period from 1697 to 1973. The historical documents are drawn from contemporary

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s, court and government records, official reports, private journals and

lecture A lecture (from Latin ''lēctūra'' “reading” ) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical inform ...

s. They illustrate a broad range of attitudes to indigenous people held by white Australians, including fear,

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...

anthropological Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

interest,

paternalism Paternalism is action that limits a person's or group's liberty or autonomy and is intended to promote their own good. Paternalism can also imply that the behavior is against or regardless of the will of a person, or also that the behavior expres ...

and guilt. ''Aborigines in White Australia'' was published by Heinemann Educational Australia in

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and

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. It was assigned (in Australia) and (in the UK).

References

Books about Indigenous Australians 1974 non-fiction books {{ethno-book-stub