The name is absent

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cent and 51.6 per cent respectively,
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Seventy-four point one per cent of non-Aborigines stereotyped
Aborigines as wasting money; opinion was fairly evenly distributed
*

about ^lAustraIians¹_jWith some degree of support that they waste
money. The non~Aboriginal view supported the view that Italians
were generous with money (40.2 per cent).

Both Aborigines and non-Aborigines saw Aborigines in general
as wasting money. That is, they did not perceive their attitude
to money as being a cultural trait of generosity and sharing with
others specific to Aborigines.
*

The hypothesis that Aborigines would see Aborigines as generous
with money was supported for the Aboriginal self.

25.22 (ii) Other things more important than money

Items 21/42 examined another aspect of the same issue, often
cited by Aborigines as the crucial point of difference between white
and Aboriginal society, namely that they are non-materialistic,
•other things are more important than money’.

25.22(ii) (a) Hypothesis

It was hypothesized that for Aborigines in general and the
Aboriginal self there would be strong support for the notion that
other things are more important than money.

25.22(ii) (b)

TABLE 53

•Comparison of Aboriginal view of Australians, Italians,
Aborigines, Aboriginal self - other things more important
than money∕money and possessions important