
- 312 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
First Australians (Unillustrated)
About this book
This book is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire.Seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals-both black and white-caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.Their story begins in 1788 in Warrane, now known as Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishman, Governor Phillip, and the kidnapped warrior Bennelong. It ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1 ‘THEY MADE A SOLITUDE AND CALLED IT PEACE’
- 2 ‘WHAT BUSINESS HAVE YOU HERE?’
- 3 HOW IT STARTS
- 4 THE SEA MET THE DESERT, AND THE DESERT MET THE SEA
- 5 BLOOD HISTORY
- 6 THE SCHOOLS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
- 7 THE DAWN IS AT HAND
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Copyright