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Harris, John: One Blood. 200 Years of Aboriginal Encounter with Christianity: A Story of Hope, Albatross Books, Sutherland 1994, ISBN 0867600950

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Table of Contents

Preface to the first edition -9-

Preface to the second edition -12-

Maps -14-

Introduction -19-

Part A: Nineteenth century. Aboriginal missions in eastern Australia -21-

*1. The shock of the new: Early New South Wales and Aboriginal missions -23

Missionaries and the affirmation of Aboriginal humanity -24-

First white seetlement -36-

The earliest Sydney missions -42-

Lancelot Threlkeld -53-

The Weelington mission -60-

Evangelistion and civilisation -77-

*2. The destruction of the old: Civilisation and mission permeate north and south -88-

The Tasmanian tragedy and the church -90-

Early Queensland missions -106-

Early Victorian missions -122-

The inescapable verdict -131-

3. The hobbling of the remnant: Protectorates, reserves amd missions -147-

The plight of Aboriginal people -148-

Victoria in the 1850s -152-

The Victorian protectorate -155-

First Moravian and Church of England missions in Victoria -161-

The establishment of Victorian reserves -173-

Enlightened colonialism: a contradiction in terms -180-

4. The cries of the compassionate: Key nineteenth centruy missionaries in eastern Australia -188-

Missionaries of the Moravian, Wimmera and Gippsland missions -189-

John Bulmer's Lake Tyers mission -205-

Daniel and Janet Matthews and their Maloga mission -219-

William Ridley -229-

The missions as places of survival -235-

Part B: Nineteenth century: Aboriginal missions extend west, south and north -251-

5. The repetition of a violent pattern: Western Australian society and Aboriginal missions -253-

A violent pattern -253-

Early Church of England missions -257-

Anne Camfield and the Native Institution at Albany -260-

John Smithies and the Wesleyan mission -269-

Dom Rosendo Salvado and the New Norcia mission -278-

6. The failure of noble sentiments: South Australian society and early Aboriginal missions -309-

No different, after all -310-

The first Lutheran missionaries -316-

Heinrich and Friederike Meyer at Encounter Bay -323-

Clamor Schurmann at Port Lincoln -325-

Matthew Hale and Poonindie mission -336-

The Aborigines' Friends' Association -350-

George Taplin and the Port McLeay mission -351-

The Smith of Dunesk Bequest -365-

Epilogue -368-

7. The violende of the frontier: The remote centre and west and Aboriginal missions -375-

The Lutherans at Cooper's Creek -376-

The Lutherans at Hermannsburg -383-

John Brown Gribble -407-

Catholic missionaries in the north-west -428-

8. The isolation of the tropics: Frist missions in the Northern Territory and north Queensland -454-

First European settlement in the Northern Territory -456-

Jesuit missions in the Northern Territory -458-

European settlement of north Queensland -476-

The Mapoon mission -481-

The Yarrabah mission and John Gribble -497-

The Yarrabah mission and Ernest Gribble -500-

The later life of Ernest Gribble -509-

James Noble -517-

Epilogue -520-

Interlude: Missionaries and Aboriginal culture in the nineteenth century -528-

Part C: Twentieth century: Aborigines and the church in settled Australia -545-

9. The shielding of the dying: Aboriginal protection and the churches in settled Australia -547-

Protecting the dying race -547-

The rise of non-denominational missions -551-

Reserves and institutions -568-

Missionaries and institutions -583-

Life after the institutions -596-

10. The breaking of the bonds: The struggle for Aboriginal personhood in settled Australia -607-

The ethnic character of the new Aboriginal community -609-

Aboriginal struggle for equality -610-

Assimilation: a solution? -634-

Resistance to assimilation 637-

'Clean, clad and courteous': schooling at Collarenenbri Nds Lismore -640-

'We don't want niggers': schooling at Carnarvon -649-

The struggle for acceptance in the churches -654-

Aboriginal leadership and the autonomous Aboriginal churches -663-

Beyond despair, there is hope -673-

Part D: Twentieth century: From mission to church in traditional Aboriginal communities -691-

11. The reawakening of a vision: A twentieth century case-study: Northern Territory CMA missions -693-

Roper River and the mission -695-

The missionaries -710-

Mission expansion in the 1920s -718-

Difficulties and reorganisation in the 1930s -732-

The peace expedition -741-

Conclusions -757-

12. the emergence of a new age: World War II, traditional Aboriginal society and missions -761-

The situation before the war -768-

World War II -774-

The aftermath of the war -780-

Changes in mission policy -788-

Putting policy into practice -794-

Interlude: Missionaries, Aboriginal languages and Bible translation -805-

13. The voices of freedom and hope: The 'new look' traditional culture and the churche -832-

Mining, land rights and the church -832-

The land rights debate: 1979-1993 -852-

Towards reconciliation -864-

An indigenous Aboriginal church? -869-

Epilogue -906-

Bibliography -913-

Index -967-

Index to illustrations -987-

Acknowledgements of illustrations -989