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Department of Education, 1960/1963, p. 20). Demonstrating its progressiveness, the
introduction of Chapter 6: New lands, new people describes the colonisation of Australia as
an “occupation”, which for this era is very strong language choice. The context of the use of
this term is: “The story of this occupation of Australia is a fascinating one because the
reasons for the settlements were quite varied” (Blackmore et al., 1969, p. 50).
The second example is from the Social studies for Queensland schools grade 4. In Source
6.42, the term “white invaders” (Department of Education, 1954/1963/1966, pp. 101- 102) is
used in such a way that it presents as an anomaly to the general style of this textbook, almost
as though it slipped through the editing process, unnoticed.
Source 6.42, “White invaders” extract from Social studies for Queensland schools
grade 4 (Department of Education, 1954/1963/ 1966, pp. 101- 102).
6.11 Conclusion
The data presented above provides a representative sample of the discourses of Indigenous
representations operating in school textbooks during the 1960s and early 1970s, a period of
rapid social and political change for a wide range of issues, including (and especially) those
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