‘Heathen polynee’ and ‘nigger teachers’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21088029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Mullins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 14 |
| 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.14.2011.07 |
| OpenAlex | W2884820991 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
All too often historians have approached Torres Strait as if the patterns of contact there were little more than extensions of those that occurred on mainland Australia. Rarely have they made sufficient allowance for the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies were fundamentally different from one another, nor have they seemed willing to put aside preconceptions accumulated during their scholarly excursions onto Australia's pastoral frontier. Yet for Torres Strait even the term 'frontier', if it implies one-way movement and a single active force, is to some extent misleading. A number of forces converged in the region to create the cultural and social order we now see, and any explanation which takes as its starting point a simple two-sided frontier is inappropriate
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| Highly cited | No |
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