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  • Our State of Mind

    Racial planning and the stolen generations

    Serier Bog 132 - Untapped
    In 1937, the Australian Government adopted a policy that led to the removal of Aboriginal children from their families. The aim was assimilation. The result, if the policy had continued, would have been the end of the Aboriginal race. The terrible long term impact on the mental, physical and emotional health of those children, now known as the Stolen Generation, is well documented. But how could ... Læs mere

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  • The Myth of Meritocracy

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  • Beyond White Guilt

    The real challenge for black-white relations in Australia

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  • A History of Australian Schooling

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  • Broken Circles

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  • Up from the Mission

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  • Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth Century

    Poplulation migration is one of the demographic and social processes which have structured the British economy and society over the last 250 years. It affects individuals, families, communities, places, economic and social structures and governments. This book examines the pattern and process of migration in Britain over the last three centuries. Using late 1990s research and data, the authors ... Læs mere

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  • The 1967 Referendum

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