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APPENDIX IX
sources of Typifications for schedule i
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IX.ɪ Process I Typification of Aborigines by Mainstream Society
IX.11 Government policy and legislation
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IX.12 'World* of mainstream society
(i) Favourable views of Aboriginal people at the time of first
contact.
(ii) Contemporary research.
IX.13 Government policy and legislation.
The Land Actsɪ dispossessed the Aboriginal people of their land
deprived them of means of gaining food and prevented them from pursuing
a life-style that grew out of the Law.
Aboriginal people were made dependent.
They were then typified as dependent
passive
looking for handouts
bad providers
having no purpose in life.
There was insufficient employment on reserves. The men were forced
to seek seasonal jobs.
Aboriginal people were typified as 'going walkabout'
and having homes 'lacking in male authority'.
The negative identification of the Aboriginal people typified them
as of bad character
low standard of intelligence
low standard of development.
Aboriginal people were prevented from buying alcohol. Patterns and
typifications were established of drunkenness.
Aborigines were typified as alcoholics
ɪsee p. 88 of text.