Trustees on trial : recovering the stolen wages / Rosalind Kidd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kidd, Rosalind, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Government policy--Australia--Queensland.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of--Australia--Queensland.

Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.

Aboriginal Australians--Reparations--Australia--Queensland.

Reparations for historical injustices--Australia--Queensland.

Reparations for historical injustices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ros Kidd uses official correspondence to reveal the extraordinary extent of government controls over Aboriginal wages, savings, endowments and pensions in twentieth century Queensland. In a disturbing indictment of the government's 4000 reparations offer, Kidd unpicks official dealings on the huge trust funds compiled from private income and community endeavours, showing how governments used these finances to their advantage, while families and communities struggled in poverty. Casting the evidence in terms of national and international litigation, particularly cases relating to government a

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Conversions; Monetary conversions; Introduction; 1 The Deal; 2 Coerced Dependency; 3 The Law's Blunt Tool1; 4 Officiously Assumed Without Request; 5 In Bad Hands1; 6 Tainted Discretion; 7 An Ordinary Prudent Man; So who was responsible for this travesty of business management?; Conclusion; Case Citations; Queensland Laws and Regulations*; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography : p.180-197.

ISBN:

0-85575-687-X

0-85575-737-X

OCLC:

663861884