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unusual facts about Aboriginal Australians



A Fringe of Leaves

She is rescued by the aboriginal people of the island, and she later meets Jack Chance, a convict who has escaped from Moreton Bay (now Brisbane), the brutal penal settlement to the south.

Cape Bedford Mission

Although Schwarz was naturalized in 1905, married to an Australian woman and his children were Australian-born and spoke only English, one of the mission's neighbours called him an "officially-pampered Hun" and accused the government of "subsidizing an institution conducted by an enemy subject to teach the Aboriginals German sentiment and German language."

Indigenous Protected Area

By agreeing to establish Indigenous Protected Areas, Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders have (over the decade 1997-2007) contributed two thirds of all new additions to Australia's National Reserve System.

James Leftwich

James Randolph (Jim) Leftwich was the national Aboriginal bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia, licensed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of North Queensland.

Monogenism

He rejected claims of Paul Broca concerning the lack of fertility of unions of European settlers and Aboriginal Australians; and relied on data of John Bachman of the fertility of mulatto (mixed race) persons.

Peter Hedland

However, it is thought that he was speared to death by Aboriginals near the Nichol (today spelled as Nikol) River.


see also

Dick-a-Dick

Broome, R. (2001) Aboriginal Australians: black responses to white dominance, 1788–2001, third edition, Allen and Unwin:Sydney.