POLS2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Protectionism, Multiracial, Australian Native Police
Lecture 5 - Frontier Conflict and Protectionism
colonialism was slower in QLD than NSW and Vic
QLD a laboratory for the rest of Australia and the world
the situation of the aborigines has become problem, in the sense of being something
that requires the state to find a solution
Politics intrudes into policy
affects problem definition
there is no consensus on the nature of the ind problem
characterised by crisis and re-intervention
phases overlap + interrelate
phases shaped by ideas about what the problem is + who its a problem for
Responses to changing needs of settler societies
changing colonial strategies as conditions change
Cook instructed to endeavour to cultivate a friendship + alliance with Ind but to
always be on guard
Settlers became aware that there were many Ind ppl and that they were tied to specific
areas
early stage of settlement: no consensus on how to proceed
Political claims made in early stages of settlement:
problem: ind ppl occupying land settlers want
dispersal = dispossession
frontier wars both formal + informal
The Black War:
Tasmania
hundreds on each side killed
settlers demand protection from govt, martial law declared
Black Line of settlers attempts to sweep the island clear of Aboriginal ppl
1834: surviving ind ppl agree to truce in return for protection on Flinders Island
1846: ind ppl on flinders island petition the king
ind ppl on flinders island die due to poor conditions and ill health by 1870s
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Document Summary
Lecture 5 - frontier conflict and protectionism colonialism was slower in qld than nsw and vic. Qld a (cid:1684)laboratory(cid:1685) for the rest of australia and the world (cid:1688)the situation of the aborigines has become problem, in the sense of being something that requires the state to find a solution(cid:1689) Responses to changing needs of settler societies changing colonial strategies as conditions change. Cook instructed to (cid:1688)endeavour to cultivate a friendship + alliance(cid:1689) with ind but to (cid:1688)always be on guard(cid:1689) Settlers became aware that there were many ind ppl and that they were tied to specific areas early stage of settlement: no consensus on how to proceed. Political claims made in early stages of settlement: problem: ind ppl occupying land settlers want dispersal = dispossession frontier wars both formal + informal. Tasmania hundreds on each side killed settlers demand protection from govt, martial law declared (cid:1684)black line(cid:1685) of settlers attempts to sweep the island clear of aboriginal ppl.
