The Burden of Freedom? Aboriginal Exemption Policies in Australia

本项目旨在成为第一个主要研究《原住民保护法》中允许原住民脱离政府控制的条款；这些也被称为豁免政策。通过研究丰富而未被充分利用的政府档案，本书旨在提供一个细致入微的描述，说明从1897年到1967年，土著人是如何应对同化的压力和可能性的。同时，它旨在揭示非土著澳大利亚人是如何想象土著成为平等公民的。更一般地说，这项研究有望推进同化政策复杂运作和发展的学术知识，并使同化的遗产和实践得到新的估计。

This project aims to be the first major study of the clauses in Aboriginal Protection Acts that allowed Aborigines to be released from control by the government; these are also known as exemption policies. By examining rich and underutilised government archives, it aims to provide a nuanced account of how Aboriginal people negotiated the pressures and possibilities of assimilation from 1897 to 1967. At the same time, it aims to reveal how non-Aboriginal Australians imagined Aborigines becoming equal citizens. More generally, this study is expected to advance scholarly knowledge of the intricate workings and development of assimilation policy and enable a new reckoning of the legacy and practice of assimilation.