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Aboriginal workers on south‐eastern frontiersFootnote∗

Richard Broome La Trobe University,
Pages 202-220 | Published online: 30 Sep 2008

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  • I wish to thank Bronwen Douglas and John Hirst for their comments on this article, and Bain Attwood for his useful research suggestions.

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