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A history of Framlingham and Lake Condah aboriginal stations, 1860-1918

Critchett, Janet F. ( 1980)

From Introduction: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the implementation of Victorian Government Aboriginal policy in the Western District of Victoria in the period after 1860. In 1860 the Victorian Government adopted a policy of drawing the remnants of the Aboriginal population on to reserves, where, under the control of superintendents, they were to be protected and hopefully civilised and christianised. The Central Board to watch over the interests of the Aborigines was established to implement the new policy. The Western District is a significant area of study in that approximately a third of the Victorian Aboriginal population was located there and two of the colony's six Aboriginal stations were established in the District; one at Lake Condah, the other at Framlingham.