Fading to Black: Aboriginal Children in Colonial Texts

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  • Clare Bradford

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl1999vol9no1art1363

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Aboriginal children, colonialism, death, racial discrimination, Aboriginal culture, attitudes, Australian children's literature

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1999-01-01

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“Fading to Black: Aboriginal Children in Colonial Texts” (1999) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 9(1), pp. 14–30. doi:10.21153/pecl1999vol9no1art1363.

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