单词 | aboriginal station |
释义 | > as lemmasAboriginal station 9. Australian. A tract of land recognized as being occupied by Australian Aboriginal people; a reserve for Australian Aboriginal people, esp. as established by a religious mission or government agency. More fully Aboriginal station (cf. aboriginal adj. 2b). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > reservation for indigenous people reserve1667 Indian reserve1752 reservation1792 Indian reservation1804 station1825 location1833 native reserve1842 native location1866 res1880 native location1928 township1934 homeland1959 1825 J. Uniacke in B. Field Geogr. Mem. New S. Wales 57 The principal station of the tribe..was about two miles higher up the Pumice-stone River. 1841 Port Phillip Patriot (Melbourne) 16 Sept. 5/2 There is no station reserved for the tribe the prisoner belongs to. 1889 Illustr. Austral. News (Melbourne) 1 Aug. 6/1 A suggestion has been made to utilise the Station for Aborigines at Coranderrk as a dairy farm school. 1907 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 46 322 Rev. L. Schulze, a missionary at the aboriginal station at Hermannsburg, on the Upper Finke River. 1984 P. Read Down there with me on Cowra Mission 133 They referred to them as fringe dwellers, because the Aboriginal stations would be set up on the outskirts of town. 2000 P. Read Settlement iv. 61 It was only eight years since the Victorian Aborigines Protection Board had passed legislation to evict all Aboriginals of part descent from its reserves and stations. < as lemmas |
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