Blood on the Wattle: Massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788
Documenting some of the most significant, albeit painful, events in white Australia's past, this work was first published to coincide with the Bicentenary in 1988. This revised and updated edition includes new information on three key events in Aboriginal-European relations which have come to...
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Documenting some of the most significant, albeit painful, events in white Australia's past, this work was first published to coincide with the Bicentenary in 1988. This revised and updated edition includes new information on three key events in Aboriginal-European relations which have come to light since publication of the first edition, and gives an overview of the "Stolen Generation" report. This work hs become widely used in teaching Aboriginal history at both secondary and tertiary levels.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781741100082 (1741100089)
Publish date: January 10th 2003
Publisher: New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Ltd
Pages no: 310
Edition language: English
The narrative is often a bit flat but this is a thoroughly detailed chronicle of the many horrors perpetrated upon Aboriginal Australians by whites. The parallels between the maltreatment of them and Native Americans is quite apparent.
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