‘Breed out the colour’ or the importance of being white
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Australian Historical Studies
- Vol. 33 (120), 286-302
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10314610208596220
Abstract
This article examines inter‐war proposals to ‘breed out the colour’ of Aborigines of mixed descent. Positioning these proposals in the context of contemporary Australian nationalism, scientific discourses and administrative practice, the article concludes with a discussion of their alleged genocidal intent.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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