Account for the change in government policy towards aboriginal peoples over time.
The governments policy was to eliminate the aboriginal race by making aboriginal children marry white Australians when they get older. Due to this they thought that the aboriginal "gene" would eventually die out.
The policy of integration allowed Aboriginal people to practice their culture and religion while living amongst people of other cultures and religions. Assimilation on the other hand was a policy to absorb Aboriginal people into white society.
Integration was a policy which said Aboriginal people could continue their cultural beliefs and live alongside others of different cultures. the Integration policy was introduced, supposedly to give Aboriginal people more control over their lives and society.
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Glen Gardner Pearson has written: 'Explanation of Aboriginal affairs act and policy of the department' -- subject(s): Aboriginal Australians, Legal status, laws
the policy between 1880 - 1960 which attempted to acculturate Australian aboriginal children
Founding the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership and being an influential activist for the Australian Aboriginal Community.
He was famous for founding cape York institute for policy and leadership and being an influential activist for the Australian aboriginal community
The Aboriginal Protection Policy was a policy set up in Australia to help "protect" aboriginals. It was felt that Aboriginals were a dying race in Australia and so they needed to be treated like children. The act of treating them like children is referred to as paternalism. This policy of Protection followed on from Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, it was felt that they had not evolved up to the standard of the white Australians. Under this policy Aboriginals were placed on "reserves" where they were to eat, stay and sleep. They had to gain permission to leave the reserve at any point. Children were also placed in Missions, where the church taught Aboriginal children
Madeleine Dion Stout has written: 'Aboriginal women in Canada' 'Projet de recherche sur le paiement forfaitaire compensatoire' 'Aboriginal women in Canada : strategic research directions for policy development ='