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low class
anom∣c people
TRIBAL
Anomic
broken ‘dead’
people
EVOLVING
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Elements of worlds Of
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FIG.3 SUGGESTED MODELS OF ABORIGINAL SOCIETY
STRUCTURE Il
(eg Pt Augusta)
Parallel to white society
white society
tradition oriented society
reserve society
marginal people
syncretic society
MAIN STREAM
NON ABORIGINAL SOCIETY
(includes dispersed Aborigines those
have ‘ passed ’)
Marginal
EVOLVING
Marginal
STRUCTURE III
ABORIGINES
EVOLVING
STRUCTURE I
(eg Strelley )
Aborigines &
(eg. Adelaide)
non Aborigines
Integrated
Aborigines dispersed into white
society but selfconsciously
seeking Aboriginal identity.
Mediated Aborigmality
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1
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Contiguous to non Aboriginal
society conserving, modifying
Aboriginal culture. Coherent
group identity-
Tradition ∙ Oriented
