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

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Authors	Nettelbeck, Amanda
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
Online	13 Mar 2017
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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

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