End of an Era. Aboriginal Labour in the Northern Territory
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1987.
Quarto, xxii, 310 pages with numerous tables, maps and illustrations (27 from photographs).
Pictorial card covers sunned about the spine and a little rubbed; a very good copy.
In 1944 the Australian Investment Agency (part of the Vestey property empire) commissioned Ronald and Catherine Berndt to conduct a survey of the welfare and conditions of Aboriginal workers on its pastoral properties in the Northern Territory, including Wave Hill, Waterloo and Limbunya. They observed systematic exploitation of the workers and their dependents, including working conditions akin to slavery and inadequate rations and shelter. Their detailed report was never made public (although it did inform some government policy in the following decades), and was published here for the first time.
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