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The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in Richard Broome's typical lucid and imaginative style. This is an important work of great scholarship, passion and imagination.' - Professor Lynette Russell, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for power. Surveying over two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, he shows how white settlers steadily suppla...
Includes new foreword, added references; social organisation, economic life, relationship with land, life cycle, religious beliefs, law and order, art death, politics, current developments in Aboriginal studies, affairs.
The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in Richard Broome's typical lucid and imaginative style. This is an important work of great scholarship, passion and imagination.' - Professor Lynette Russell, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for power. Surveying over two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, he shows how white settlers steadily suppla...
Aboriginal Australians are believed to have occupied Australia for more than 50,000 years. Many different theories explain how Aboriginal Australians first arrived on the continent. Young readers will learn fascinating facts about the world's aboriginal peoples in the World Cultures series. Each book unveils the traditions, myths, and social activities of an aboriginal culture. Young readers will learn about the development of these cultures, their methods of hunting and gathering, their rituals, and their daily lives. World Cultures is an educational look at cultures that are struggling to maintain their traditions in an ever-changing world. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more. Book jacket.
It traces the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of colonial society to a more central place in modern Australia.
Charts Aboriginal history, from earliest prehistory to today, and details their survival through the millennia, to the stolen children issue.
Australians once believed that the Aboriginals were doomed to extinction. This study explores the origins and the gradual demise of the doomed race theory, seeking to show that white perceptions of Australia's indigenous people were shaped by Enlightenment, Darwinian and other European concepts.
A comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects ofIndigenous Australian history and culture What is The Dreaming? How many different Indigenous tribes andlanguages once existed in Australia? What is the purpose of acorroboree? What effect do the events of the past have onIndigenous peoples today? Indigenous Australia For Dummiesanswers these questions and countless others about the oldest raceon Earth. It explores Indigenous life in Australia before 1770, theimpact of white settlement, the ongoing struggle by Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander peoples to secure their human rights andequal treatment under the law, and much more. Celebrating the contributions of Indigenous peop...
Contested Ground provides a comprehensive and up to date account of the processes and experiences which shaped the lives of Aboriginal Australians from 1788 to the present. It integrates eye-witness accounts, oral histories and historical research to present the first colony-by-colony, state by state history of Aboriginal-white relations. Contested Ground tells a story of dispossession and denial but it is also a positive account, revealing the persistent struggles of Aboriginal communities for a better future. Clearly written and generously illustrated, this book demonstrates why Australian Aboriginal history, like the very land itself, remains contested ground. 'Both indigenous and non-indigenous Australians have a lot to learn about each other before reconciliation between the two peoples can be realised. This book will go a long way towards achieving that end.' - Paul Behrendt.