The name is absent

APPENDIX VIIIC

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SCHEDULE IC

Australian Aborigines

Circle the line at the point where you would place Australian Aborigines

1. trustworthy

- - - - 22, untrustworthy

2. don’t care what a job is
as long as the money is good

3. strong sense of right and
wrong

4. neglect their children

5. have no purpose in life

23. care about status

24. poor sense of right and wrong

25. are good parents

26. know where they are going

6. are good providers

7. mother makes rules in the
house

27. don’t keep jobs

28.

father makes rules

8. don’t take care of             - - - - - 29.

possessions, (cars,
clothes, house)

9.  friendly and outgoing         - - - - -  30.

10.  aggressive, pick fights       - - - - -  31.

11.  know when to stop drinking    - - - - -  32.

12.  often in trouble with police ----- 33.

13.  often in debt               ----- 34.

14.  aware of others’ needs       ----- 35,

15.  speak English well           ----- 36.

16.  have no ambition            ----- 37.

17. waste money                ----- 38.

18.  clean and tidy              ----- 39,

19.  can’t be counted on to do    ----- 40.

what they say

20. even tempered               ----- 41.

21. other things are more        ----- 42.

important than money

care for possessions,
(cars, clothes, house)

unfriendly
live and let live
drink too much
lead law-abiding lives
careful with money
put self and family first
don’t speak proper English
motivated to get somewhere
generous with money
dirty - uncared for
reliable

quick tempered

money and possessions
important

Now go back and select the five characteristics you think BEST
describe Australian Aborigines.