Power and Protection: The Contest between the Government Residents and the Medical Protectors of the Aborigines in South Australia’s Northern Territory

REID, Brian 2020

The book covers the period of the South Australian Government administration of the Northern Territory and the conflicting roles of the Protector of the Aborigines and Medical Officer. The relationship of the Protector with the Government in South Australia and in the Northern Territory was a difficult one. The book traces a contest that developed between the Resident and the Protector which became increasingly aggravated by the shifting concept of protection.