Imperial literacy, choice and F.W. Albrecht’s Lutheran experiments in Aboriginal education in post-war Central Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21409563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Ellinghaus (0000-0002-8968-8168, La Trobe University, corresponding author), Barry Judd (0000-0001-5642-5129, Indigenous Studies, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 796-815 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-760X • E-ISSN: 1464-5130 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0046760x.2022.2043456 |
| OpenAlex | W4280553424 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper argues that Aboriginal children’s engagement with education in the central Australian region of the Northern Territory in the mid-twentieth century can be understood as strategic engagements with formal western education systems and assimilation policies. It addresses a methodological problem stemming from a project that focuses on the work of the Finke River Mission (FRM) and its head missionary Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht who, during the 1950s and 1960s, initiated an education scheme that targeted ‘half-caste’ Indigenous girls living on pastoral stations in central Australia. The scheme demonstrates the key concern of this special issue in that it is an example of the entanglements of transnational forces with local expressions of Indigenous education in Australia
Caste · Indigenous · Literacy · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Gender Studies · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |