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Date | What | Definition |
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1951 | Assimilation | Paul Hasluck believed assimilation was ‘a policy of opportunity.’ It gave to the Aboriginal, and the person of mixed blood, a chance to shape his or her own life. |
1965 | Integration | Integration meant that both Aborigines and migrants could maintain their traditional cultures but would still become part of the wider Australian community. |
1972 | Self-determination | This policy was designed to put some control back into the hands of the aboriginal people. |
1990s | Reconciliation | The attempt to heal divisions in societies and atone for past wrongs. |
1820s - 1951 | Protection and Paternalism | There was a widely held belief that the Aboriginals were a dying race and they had to be protected for their own good. |