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单词 native location
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native locationn.

Brit. /ˌneɪtɪv lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌneɪdɪv loʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: also with capital initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: native n., location n.
Etymology: < native n. + location n.
1. Australian. Land allocated to an Aboriginal community. Obsolete.
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1839 Southern Austral. (Adelaide) 9 Oct. 3/2 The Public Officers of the Colony are invited to attend his funeral, and to meet for this purpose at the Old Native Location.
1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. II. 282 The Adelaide tribe is not numerous; they occupy a portion of the Park lands, called the native location.
1897 H. Hussey Colonial Life & Christian Experience 62 Not far from the Gaol, on the opposite side of the river, was what was called the Native Location.
2. South African.
a. In the 19th and early 20th centuries (esp. in the province of Natal): an extensive area of rural land allocated to an African people; = reserve n. 5b. Now historical and rare.Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994.
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1855 W. C. Holden Hist. Natal viii. 176 The plan of government devised was, to preserve the Natives distinct from the whites; and, for this purpose, large tracts of country were set aside, under the designation of ‘Locations for the Natives’. On these Locations the Natives were to be collected, and governed by their own laws, through the medium of their own chiefs.]
1866 in Towards Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (1971) 51 Crime has considerably increased during the year; which is in a great measure to be attributed to the scarcity of food in the native locations.
1881 Convention of Pretoria in J. Nixon Compl. Story Transvaal (1884) 348 Article 21 Forthwith, after the taking effect of this Convention, a Native Location Commission will be constituted.
1911 M. S. Evans Black & White in S.-E. Afr. v. 129 In Natal there are set aside for the sole use of the natives 42 areas totalling in all 2,192,568 acres of land, which form the native locations, and which are vested in and under the management of the Natal Native Trust.
b. During the 20th century, esp. in the early years of apartheid: a residential area on the outskirts of a town or city to which the black population was restricted. Cf. township n. 5c. Now historical.
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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
1928 R. L. Buell Native Probl. Afr. I. i. iii. 50 Each South African city has its native location in which the native population must supposedly live, and in which houses are usually rented from the municipality.
1955 Problems & Tensions S. Afr. 374 In a few Native locations there is adequate provision for good schools, health centres, stores and churches.
1999 P. Jooste Frieda & Min 37 The part that has small houses with tin roofs and sits almost right on top of a native location.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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