Colonial protection and the intimacies of Indigenous governance
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Nettelbeck, Amanda. (2017). Colonial protection and the intimacies of Indigenous governance. History Australia. 14(1), pp. 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2017.1286703
Authors | Nettelbeck, Amanda |
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Abstract | Recent scholarship on colonial Protectors of Aborigines has examined the unclear line they walked between advocating for Indigenous rights and advancing the project of colonial state-building. Their task to bring Indigenous people within the fold of Christian civilisation and within the reach of settler law involved more than an attempt to implement colonial policy, however. It also brought Protectors into daily personal contact with Indigenous people in multiple settings. With reference to the overlooked colonial protectorate in South Australia, where the position of Protector of Aborigines was guaranteed as a condition of the colony’s foundation in 1836, this article draws out some of the ‘strategic intimacies’ that underpinned protection as an early mode of colonial governance. By examining more closely the varied ways in which Protectors and Indigenous people intersected in first-contact settings, it explores the fluid configurations of power in a colonial social order that was only just evolving. |
Keywords | protection; colonialism; Indigenous history; cross-cultural relations; colonial intimacy |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | History Australia |
Journal citation | 14 (1), pp. 32-47 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1449-0854 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2017.1286703 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85044083399 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 32-47 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 13 Mar 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 16 Jun 2021 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | ARC/DP140103049 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w3z1/colonial-protection-and-the-intimacies-of-indigenous-governance
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