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Trustees on trial : recovering the stolen wages /

Ros Kidd uses official correspondence to reveal the extraordinary extent of government controls over Aboriginal wages, savings, endowments and pensions in twentieth century Queensland. In a disturbing indictment of the government's 4000 reparations offer, Kidd unpicks official dealings on the h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kidd, Rosalind, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Conversions; Introduction; 1 ~ The Deal; 2 ~ Coerced Dependency; 3 ~ The Law's Blunt Tool; 4 ~ Officiously Assumed Without Request; 5 ~ In Bad Hands; 6 ~ Tainted Discretion; 7 ~ An Ordinary Prudent Man; Conclusion; Case Citations; Queensland Laws and Regulations; Notes; Index; Back Cover.