Chief Protector – Aboriginal Child Artists of Carrolup: Healing Trauma

27/06/2020

Aboriginal children of Carrolup in the early 1940s. J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History.

Author: David Clark on 27/06/2020

Facets of Colonisation, Part 2

In my last blog, I described elements of the process of colonisation in Western Australia and their impact on Aboriginal people, taken from the Prologue of our book Connection: Aboriginal Child Artists Captivate Europe. Here are some more facets: ‘No piece of government legislation stirs more negative emotions […]

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 […]