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==History==
==History==
The indigeous people of Australia, the Aborgines, have variously practiced subincision and circumcision since before the first contact with Europeans.


The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision in Australia approached that of the United States in the 1930s through 1960s.  
The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision in Australia approached that of the United States in the 1930s through 1960s.  
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}}</ref> seems to have had no effect in Australia.
}}</ref> seems to have had no effect in Australia.
Wright (1967) slammed the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="wright1967">{{REFjournal
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|title=Non-therapeutic circumcision
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|journal=Med J Aust
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|date=1967-05-27
|volume=1
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|pages=1083-7
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/wright4/
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|pubmedID=6028342
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The ''Australian Paediatric Journal'' issue of June 1970, published three articles critical of non-therapeutic infant circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal
The ''Australian Paediatric Journal'' issue of June 1970, published three articles critical of non-therapeutic infant circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal