The Parramatta Native Institution and the Black Town

History of the first attempt at institutionalised assimilation; brief survey of traditional social structure, material culture, economy and religion; initial contact; violent conflict; government policy; Aboriginal land grants; establishment and history of the Black Native Institution of New South Wales (Parramatta and Black Town); early Aboriginal education; establishment of Black Town; role of the Wesleyan and the Christian (Church) Missionary Societies; Lock family histories.