Principal speaker
Tonia Chalk
"That atavistic remainder' was a phrase used by Archibald Meston, "self-proclaimed Aboriginal Expert', and later Queensland Southern Protector of Aboriginals (1898-1903), who believed that Aboriginal women were to blame for the "evil of miscegenation'. He believed that Aboriginal women needed to be separated from white men to stop the birth of "half castes' (that atavistic remainder), who would be detrimental to the survival of the white population.This presentation will focus on three aspects of my HDR journey as a PhD candidate, as one of Meston's so-called "atavistic remainders'. It will discuss My story, as a Budjari woman ("that atavistic remainder') and researcher, my Research story in terms of my project's aims and significance, and finally, the Stories of 8 Aboriginal females ("that atavistic remainder'), which comprise my primary research data. One of the stories is that of my Great-great-great-great Grandmother, Emily Dunn, who died in Southwest Queensland in1890. This section of the presentation will briefly examine eight death records within the coronial institution in Queensland, which have been grouped under the following themes: policing and death in custody, domestic service, Palm Island - Prison Island, sexual violence, and poisons and poisonings.
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