Historical information

Tells of the Aboriginal Protectorate System in Colonial Victoria during the period 1838 to 1852. This system was designed as a buffer between the white squatters and the indigenous original inhabitants. Designed by Colonial administrators in England who appointed men to travel across the globe to live with the indigenous population and keep the peace, the system failed. One of these men was Edward Stone Parker, assistant Aboriginal Protector in the Loddon region of Victoria. Long before Land Rights and Reconciliation become common terms, Parker advocated land ownership between Europeans and indigenous people. Parker did his best to fulfill his role as he saw it and his work has been described as a "successful failure".

Physical description

"A Successful Failure" published by Graffiti Publications for Geoff Morrison. Forward by Geoff Morrison, Harcourt. Written by Edgar Morrison. Introduction by T. Maxwell O'Connor. Published in 2002. Hard cover book which is colored dark green. No writing on spine, front or back cover. Dust jacket sepia in color. Has both drawn and photographic images of people on dust jacket in sepia. Title and text in black. Printed in Maryborough, Australia. 312 pp. This book tells of the Aboriginal Protectorate System in Colonial Victoria. Contains both text and black and white images. ISBN 0949398829.