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The legislation and policy of governments before 1967 were
seen to be based in conceptual machinery which acted to nihilate the
symbolic world of the Aboriginal people and locate them within a
universe having negative attributes. Constantly changing policies
of idcntification∕naming structured a situation for identity-
diffusion.
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Government policies post-1967 were seen to exclude Aborigines
from a new Australian identity being fostered by the conceptualisation
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of Australia as a multicultural society. At the same time, Government
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policies, at the level of theorizing, gave positive recognition to
the uniqueness of Aboriginal identity.

The Schools Commission, a government statutory body, gave positive
support to the recognition of Aboriginal identity in practice, as
well as theory, in the 'world* of schooling.
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The ’worlds' of Strelley, Port Augusta and Adelaide were examined
within Sorokin's categories relating to the construction of group identity.

The 'worlds' of schooling at each location were selected out as
a context for studying the subjective correlates of identity,
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It was found that the theorizing about Aboriginal identity
on the part of the staffs of the schools in the study was supportive
and reflected the differing 'worlds' of the particular clientele of
each institution at the student level. However, it was found that
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the typifications of Aboriginal students by non-Aborigines was negative.
This was less negative in schools where Aborigines were less visible
and where theorizing on the part of the school was less overt.

Typifications of Aborigines by Aborigines was also negative.
The stereotyping of the dominant society was shown to be internalised
by Aborigines for Aborigines in general.

However, negative typifications were not internalised for the
Aboriginal self (as opposed to typifications for Aborigines in general).

'Rudimentary theorizing' on the part of Aborigines was also
positive. Aborigines theorized positively for the Aboriginal self
about schooling and about interaction with the white world. Consonant

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