Seasonal Work and Aboriginal Employment in Two NSW Rural Areas

Authors

Robert G. Castle, University of WollongongFollow
James HaganFollow

RIS ID

56990

Publication Details

Castle, R. G. & Hagan, J. (1979). Seasonal Work and Aboriginal Employment in Two NSW Rural Areas. Paper Presented to the Industrial Relations Section of the ANZAAS University of Wollongong:

Abstract

This paper has several areas of focus. It chronicles the history of Aboriginal employment in Australia in two contrasting areas; it identifies the characteristics of that employment and traces the nature of its change over time; it outlines the attitude of Aborigines towards their work, and the impact of that work on Aboriginal society; it also considers the attitudes of white Australians towards Aborigines and their employment. Finally, it draws some conclusions concerning the responses of the Aborigines to pressures put on them by the economy and society of the white man.