Parramatta Native Institution and the Black Town, The: A History

The Parramatta and Black Town Native Institutions existed from 1814 till 1829 as part of a campaign, led initially by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, to extend enlightenment ideals to the Indigenous peoples of the Sydney colony. Their stories can be found in the remaining colonial archive carefully studied by Brook and Kohen and, in recent years, enriched by greater appreciation of local and family oral history. The Native Institution was designed to inculcate European ideas of ‘civilisation’, commerce and Christianity into Aboriginal people and turn them into industrious workers.

History of the first attempt at institutionalised assimilation; brief survey of traditional social structure, material culture, economy and religion; initial contact; violent conflict; government policy; Aboriginal land grants; establishment and history of the Black Native Institution of New South Wales (Parramatta and Black Town); early Aboriginal education; establishment of Black Town; role of the Wesleyan and the Christian (Church) Missionary Societies; Lock family histories. x, 295 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 22 cm. #0521

Parramatta Native Institution — History.  |  Aboriginal Australians — Education — New South Wales — Parramatta — History.  |  Dharug / Daruk / Darug people (S64) (NSW SI56-05)  |  Government policy – Initial period and protectionism – 1788-1850.  |  Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850.  |  Race relations – Violent.  |  History – Genealogy and family history.  |  Government policy – State and territory – New South Wales.  |  Land rights – Excisions and leases – Land grants and leases to Aborigines.  |  Ku-ring-gai / Gameraigal people (S62) (NSW SI56-05)  |  Eora / Iora people (S61) (NSW SI56-05)  |  Religions – Christianity – Methodist Church.  |  Education.  |  Blacktown (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)  |  Parramatta (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)

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