Fractional Identities: The Political Arithmetic of Aboriginal Victorians

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    Smith, L; McCalman, J; Anderson, I; Smith, S; Evans, J; McCarthy, G; Beer, J
    Date
    2008-04
    Source Title
    Journal of Interdisciplinary History
    Publisher
    MIT Press - Journals
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    McCalman, Janet; Anderson, Ian; EVANS, JOANNE; McCarthy, Gavan; BEER, JANE
    Affiliation
    Population Health
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    Smith, L., McCalman, J., Anderson, I., Smith, S., Evans, J., McCarthy, G. & Beer, J. (2008). Fractional Identities: The Political Arithmetic of Aboriginal Victorians. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 38 (4), pp.533-551. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh.2008.38.4.533.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/31713
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    10.1162/jinh.2008.38.4.533
    Abstract
    Established as a British Colony in 1835, Victoria was considered the leader in Australian indigenous administration—the first colony to legislate for the “protection” and legal victualing of Aborigines, and the first to collect statistical data on their decline and anticipated disappearance. The official record, however, excludes the data that can explain the Aborigines' stunning recovery. A painstaking investigation combining family histories; Victoria's birth, death, and marriage registrations; and census and archival records provides this information. One startling finding is that the surviving Aboriginal population is descended almost entirely from those who were under the protection of the colonial state.
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    Historical Studies

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