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George Augustus Robinson on Charles Joseph La Trobe : Personal Insights into a Problematical Relationship,
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'THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES the relationship between George Augustus Robinson, the Chief Protector of the Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate, and Charles Joseph La Trobe, the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. What sets it apart from previous studies of this relationship and general studies of the protectorate is that it is grounded in Robinson's personal journal, which remained largely unpublished at the time of these studies. Alan Gross, in his 1956 biography, commented on La Trobe's attitude to the Protectorate and to Robinson. He noted that after three years into the Protectorate, La Trobe was dissatisfied: 'He had told Robinson he [La Trobe] would forward certain documents to His Excellency without expressing his opinion that, after nearly three years trial, there was but little appearance of order and general system observable in the conduct of his department, and that seems to have been his attitude throughout'. Yet, Gross considers La Trobe's comment in 1848 that 'I have hitherto in vain looked to the Chief Protector's department for assistance in establishing serene and friendly relations with the aborigines' as evidence that he had 'got over any disappointment' he may have harboured.' (Introduction)
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My Mate Ellen : Cross-Cultural Friendship Between Women in a Pioneer Memoir,
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Brewers 'memoirs demonstratre a number of pertinent themes that enlarge and revise previous understandings of fronier relations and, the genre of the pioneer narrative. Historians have concluded that friendships between settler and Indigenous women were rare...Minnie Brewer's memoirs provide a unique insight into the relationships between white and Aboriginal women in colonial NSW...Minnie's recollections caution us to hesitate drawing conclusions on women's cross-cultural relationships...' Source: La Trobe Journal no. 85, May 2010
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Indigenous Victorians : Repressed, Resourceful and Respected.
2011
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— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2011; (p. 118-120)
— Review of The La Trobe Journal no. 85 May 2010 periodical issue'Indigenous Victorians: Repressed, resourceful and respected is the 85th edition of the La Trobe Journal and was launched to coincide with the lead up to National Reconciliation Week, 2010. This special edition draws from the collections of the State Library of Victoria and various collections from around Australia to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the lives and aspirations of the Indigenous people of Victoria and their interface with colonial Australians from first contact to the present.' (Introduction)
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Book Notes
2011
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— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , March vol. 42 no. 1 2011; (p. 163)
— Review of The La Trobe Journal no. 85 May 2010 periodical issue -
The Power of Historical Objects
2010
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 325 2010; (p. 70)
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Aboriginal Focus on La Trobe Journal
2010
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 2 June no. 477 2010; (p. 43)
— Review of The La Trobe Journal no. 85 May 2010 periodical issue
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Aboriginal Focus on La Trobe Journal
2010
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review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 2 June no. 477 2010; (p. 43)
— Review of The La Trobe Journal no. 85 May 2010 periodical issue -
The Power of Historical Objects
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 325 2010; (p. 70)
— Review of The La Trobe Journal no. 85 May 2010 periodical issue -
Book Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , March vol. 42 no. 1 2011; (p. 163)
— Review of The La Trobe Journal no. 85 May 2010 periodical issue -
Indigenous Victorians : Repressed, Resourceful and Respected.
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2011; (p. 118-120)
— Review of The La Trobe Journal no. 85 May 2010 periodical issue'Indigenous Victorians: Repressed, resourceful and respected is the 85th edition of the La Trobe Journal and was launched to coincide with the lead up to National Reconciliation Week, 2010. This special edition draws from the collections of the State Library of Victoria and various collections from around Australia to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the lives and aspirations of the Indigenous people of Victoria and their interface with colonial Australians from first contact to the present.' (Introduction)