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In
Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia
Author
Green, Neville
Secondary Author
Gregory, Jenny and Jan Gothard [editors]
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
University of Western Australia Press
Place Published
Crawley, W.A.
Description
In this entry, historian Neville Green states that 'missions were committed to weaning Aboriginal children away from their home beliefs and preparing them for an assimilated lifestyle as servants and labourers. In the outback, the extinction of traditional Aborigines was anticipated, and remote missions were founded to protect and comfort the remnant.'
Neville identifies four types of institutions for Indigenous people in WA: 'settlements; ration depots; orphanages; and at least thirty missios'

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