(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Australians once believed that the Aboriginals were doomed to extinction. This study explores the origins and the gradual demise of the "doomed race" theory, seeking to show that white perceptions of Australia's indigenous people were shaped by Enlightenment, Darwinian and other European concepts.

(Paperback)

Offers a fresh interpretation of the complex relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians during the middle four decades of the twentieth century. Combining the perspectives of political, social and cultural history, the author provides a cogent analysis of how the relationship changed, and the impediments to change.