Enlightened Aboriginal Futures

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Barry Judd (University of Melbourne, Australia) Katherine Ellinghaus (La Trobe University, Australia)

Enlightened Aboriginal Futures

Barry Judd (University of Melbourne, Australia), Katherine Ellinghaus (La Trobe University, Australia)

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English

Routledge
29 August 2025

Social & cultural history; Colonialism & imperialism; Anthropology; Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy

Series: Short Takes on Long Views

This book examines the radical intervention of the German-Australian Lutheran missionary F. W. Albrecht in the education of Aboriginal children. Albrecht’s ideas about consent, freedom of choice and personal autonomy were expressed in schemes designed to educate and empower Aboriginal people and efforts to find Aboriginal futures through education, training and employment.

This book explores how Aboriginal people understood Albrecht’s work and the Enlightenment concepts on which it was based. In the context of an Anglo-Australian settler-colonialism that sought to systematically remove the freedom and autonomy of Indigenous people, this study demonstrates how those who participated in the Albrecht scheme were able to reconstruct themselves in ways that fused their own Aboriginal culture and identity with the ideas and values imported from an enlightened Germany.

This book will appeal to students and scholars of cultural history, colonialism, Lutheranism, race and ethnicity and Indigenous studies. It will also be illuminating reading to policymakers searching for a deeper understanding of colonial interventions in Indigenous communities.

By: Barry Judd (University of Melbourne Australia), Katherine Ellinghaus (La Trobe University, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781032251189
ISBN 10: 1032251182
Series: Short Takes on Long Views
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 29 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barry Judd, Professor and Director, Indigenous Studies, and Deputy Vice Chancellor Indigenous, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Katherine Ellinghaus, Associate Professor of History, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Australia.