reserves – Aboriginal Child Artists of Carrolup: Healing Trauma

14/01/2019

Proclamation of Prohibited Area issued under the 1905 Aborigines Act.

Author: David Clark on 14/01/2019

The Control of Aboriginal People: 1905 Aborigines Act

It is essential to consider the social, political and cultural context in Western Australia to fully appreciate the Carrolup Story and the achievements of the Aboriginal child artists of Carrolup. We have devoted early chapters of our forthcoming book – Aboriginal Child Artists of Carrolup – to this […]

09/11/2018

Aboriginal prisoners in neck chains at Wyndham, Northern Western Australia. State Library of Victoria.

Author: David Clark on 09/11/2018

Colonisation

The colonisation of Australia by Europeans had a massive negative impact on a peoples and culture that has existed for over 50,000 years. The first settlers brought diseases that wiped out large numbers of Aboriginal people, as they had no immunity to European diseases. Many of the survivors existed […]

09/11/2018

Author: David Clark on 09/11/2018

The Impact of Colonisation

The impact of colonisation on Indigenous peoples has been similar in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, America and New Zealand. In her book Trauma Trails: Recreating Songlines, Professor Judy Atkinson describes how the control of Indigenous peoples by the coloniser was facilitated by three main types of […]