Policy of Aboriginal assimilation questioned by scholars
Dr. I. A. H. Turner addressed ANZ: KAS delegates on the Australian policy toward Aboriginal assimilation. He noted the 1939 policy aimed to integrate Aborigines as equal citizens but warned many Aborigines and scholars see limited assimilation and favor self-selected communities with economic links to the broader society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A. H. Turner
Turner
University of Adelaide
Anz
KAS
National ‘Missionary Counciln 2
Do. Garlyg
Australia
Dr. Turner
Lea
Pola
Amphetamine Abuse Seen As Growing University Problem
Australian psychiatrist Dr Bell from Callan Park Mental Hospital warned at a science congress about extensive amphetamine use among university students. He noted patients developing drug-induced psychosis from amphetamine addiction and urged stronger prescription and sale controls to curb rising stimulant abuse amid widespread alcoholism concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Callan Park Mental Hospital
Sydney
Keil
Science Congress
Swithh
Intermarriage Trends in Asian Australian Students
A five year study from 1959 to 1963 finds 60 marriages between Asian students and Australians in Western Australia with no divorces and three separations. Mrs. Hodgkins of the University of Western Australia spoke at ANZAAS on social implications and the Western lifestyle influence on intermarried couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South-East Asia
Modgkins
Hodgkins
University of Western Australia
Australia
Asia
Obesity A Killer Says ANZAAS Speaker
Mr Gordon Young of the National Fitness Council urged regular daily physical education in schools at ANZAAS. He warned that overweight raises death risk, linked sedentary leisure with less activity, and called for government action and university leadership to promote fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Young
Young
National Fitness Council
N.sav
Anzaas
Australia
Beachcombers and Castaways Highlight Pacific History Talk
ANU scholar Maude spoke at ANZAAS on beachcombers shaping Pacific settlements from 1787 to 1800 in Tahiti Tonga and Fiji. He noted deserters and convicts formed the main beachcomber population and their writings opened views into native life before strong Western influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asi Eomury
O. EB. Maude
Teyilay
Mauue
ANU
Institute of Advanced Studies
Wawsi
Tahiti
Tonga
Fiji
Mate
Pacific
Hye
South Seas
Aging reform thinkers predict longer life beyond current limits
Dr A Johnson and colleagues from the Commonwealth Public Health Division discuss aging, arguing aging is a condition tied to old age rather than inevitable. They cite advances in knowledge and treatment and foresee a potential substantial rise in healthy life expectancy, possibly extending lifespans by decades, if progress continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Johnson
de. Folsom
Commonwealth
Roche
Reider
University Offheve
Melbourne
Nron
Time for Sport Among Melbourne Adolescents
A university study by Mrs Joan McMaughton records 91 boys and 188 girls aged 16 to 18 in Melbourne. Boys spent about 37 percent in hed activities and 22 percent sedentary work, with 5 percent wandering and 3 percent playing sport. Girls spent 37 percent in still activities and 23 percent sedentary, with 2 percent playing sport and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan McMaughton
Biochemistry
University of Melbourne
Melbourne
Hell
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