From Church to State
The Queensland Government take-over of Anglican Missions in North Queensland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11963570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noel Loos (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aboriginal History Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0314-8769 • E-ISSN: 1837-9389 |
| Publisher | ANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.22459/ah.15.2011.06 |
| OpenAlex | W2298957699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In 1886 the Griffith Government in Queensland began a policy of supporting Christian missions to Aborigines which subsequent governments continued so that Queensland provided much more support to missions than any other government in Australia until the second half of the twentieth century.1 This meant that the Queensland Government and the churches entered into a partnership through the various missionary bodies. The churches thus became important arms of government policy. Increasingly, the advantage of this system was with the government which obtained an Aboriginal social service and control agency on the cheap. The Lutherans, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Brethren established twelve large missions in remote areas of North Queensland, ten of which still exist, under the 1984 Deeds of Grant in Trust legislation, as self
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2019 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |