Brief history of non-Aboriginal activities in vicinity of Finnis River claim area. 1980.

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Brief history of non-Aboriginal activities in vicinity of Finnis River claim area. 1980.

Activities and effects on Aborigines; Nineteenth Cent.; exploration, overland telegraph, gold mining, Chinese population; Twentieth Cent.; tin mining, farming, pastoral activities, opium and alcohol supply; government policy (including effects of WW II); employment of Aborigines, abuse of Aboriginal women and displacement of local population.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7239264

Libraries Australia

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McGrath, Ann (Ann Margaret)

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Northern Land Council (Australia)

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Established in 1973 as the primary agency with responsibility for Aboriginal land concerns in the northern region of the Northern Territorry. Its main functions are the pursuit of land claims, dispute settlement and the protection of sacred sites. From the description of Land claim files. 1975-1979. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225851418 ...

Coltheart, Lenore

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