Rebellion at Coranderrk
About this book
More than a century ago an Aboriginal community in Victoria campaigned for recognition of their right to occupy and control the small acreage they had farmed for 25 years. Others wanted to develop this tract. Government spokesmen denied that the occupants had inherited any rights to this land and declared that, anyway, they were not really Aborigines. This book is about the rebellion at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station between 1874 and 1886. It describes how Coranderrk families fought to keep their land. To explain why they fought I must begin with the years before, to show what this 'miserable spadeful of ground' meant to them, and how they came to be there. Finally, I sketch what ultimately happened.
First published in 1998, 12 years after the death of its author Diane Barwick, Rebellion at Coranderrk was an attempt to rectify some of the injustices of the past two-hundred-plus years in Australia, and to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
It remains acutely relevant.
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Table of contents
- List of Figures
- Foreword to the 2024 Edition
- Authorās Preface
- Editorsā Preface
- Introduction: Of History and Happenstance
- 1. Kulin and Ngamajet
- 2. The Years Before
- 3. A New Beginning
- 4. Mr Greenās Way
- 5. Proprietors for the First Decade
- 6. The Board Takes Control
- 7. Loss of a Good Master
- 8. The Threat of Removal
- 9. Who Owns the Land?
- 10. Cause for Rebellion
- 11. Mrs Bon Intervenes
- 12. A Brief Victory
- 13. Final Defeat
- 14. The End of the Story
- 15. Dispersal
- Appendix 1: The History of Farm Development at Coranderrk
- Appendix 2: Membership of the Boards
- Bibliography
- Index
