Physical description

Reproductions of various transactions and reports dealing with Aboriginal people in Port Phillip in the period 1835-39, beginning with some of the earliest reports and tracing the evolution of government interaction and policy towards Aborigines in the 19th century. Covers mission work, government reports, the native police, conflicts with squatters, with numerous illustrations and original reports.
Contents: Part I, Evolution of British policy
Ch. 1. Proposals to appoint protectors of aborigines
Ch. 2. Racial conflict in the year of official settlement at Port Phillip
Ch. 3. House of Commons Select Committee on Aborigines
Part II, The Wesleyan Mission at Buntingdale
Ch. 4. Establishment and early operations of the Wesleyan mission
Part III, The Government acts
Ch. 5. Establishing the first government mission 1835-7
Ch. 6. Food and clothing for the Aborigines
Ch. 7. Punishment of Aborigines found drunk, 1836-8
Ch. 8. Operations of the government mission, November 1837 to March 1839
Ch. 9. First attempt to form a native police corps
Part IV, Growing conflict with squatters, 1837-8
Ch. 10. The disappearance of Gellibrand and Hesse
Ch. 11. Attacks in the Western District
Ch. 12. Attacks on the overland routes to Port Phillip
Ch. 13. Evolution of policy in Sydney, 1838.

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b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, tables, document reproductions