ISBN:
9780855756871
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (205 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Kidd, Rosalind Trustees on Trial : Recovering Stolen Wages
DDC:
323.11991509429998
Keywords:
Aboriginal Australians--Government policy--Australia--Queensland
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Aboriginal Australians ; Government policy ; Australia ; Queensland
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Ros Kidd uses official correspondence to reveal the extraordinary extent of government controls over Aboriginal wages, savings, endowments and pensions in twentieth century Queensland. In a disturbing indictment of the government's 4000 reparations offer, Kidd unpicks official dealings on the huge trust funds compiled from private income and community endeavours, showing how governments used these finances to their advantage, while families and communities struggled in poverty
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Conversions -- Monetary conversions -- Introduction -- 1 The Deal -- 2 Coerced Dependency -- 3 The Law's Blunt Tool1 -- 4 Officiously Assumed Without Request -- 5 In Bad Hands1 -- 6 Tainted Discretion -- 7 An Ordinary Prudent Man -- So who was responsible for this travesty of business management? -- Conclusion -- Case Citations -- Queensland Laws and Regulations* -- Notes -- Index
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