Aborigines in White Australia is a 1974 book by Sharman Stone

Sharman Stone

Dr. Sharman Nancy Stone née Bawden , Australian politician, has been an Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Murray, Victoria...

. It is a compilation of historical documents regarding the changing attitudes of white people

White people

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, especially white Australian

White Australian

White Australian or Caucasian Australian is an umbrella term used to describe a very broad ethnic group in Australia. It can refer to white people born in Australia, usually of Northern European ancestry, but often includes non-European Caucasians, in addition to some other ethnic groups.The...

s, towards indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

. It covers the period from 1697 to 1973.

The historical documents are drawn from contemporary newspaper

Newspaper

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s, court and government records, official reports, private journals

Diary

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 and lecture

Lecture

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s. They illustrate a broad range of attitudes to indigenous people held by white Australians, including fear, racism

Racism

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, anthropological

Anthropology

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 interest, paternalism

Paternalism

Paternalism refers to attitudes or states of affairs that exemplify a traditional relationship between father and child. Two conditions of paternalism are usually identified: interference with liberty and a beneficent intention towards those whose liberty is interfered with...

 and guilt.

Aborigines in White Australia was published by Heinemann Educational Australia

Heinemann (book publisher)

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 in Melbourne

Melbourne

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 and London

London

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. It was assigned ISBN 0-85859-072-7 (in Australia) and ISBN 0-435-32830-1 (in the UK)