| First Australians (Unillustrated) Contributor(s): Perkins, Rachel (Author), Langton, Marcia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0522857264 ISBN-13: 9780522857269 Publisher: Miegunyah Press OUR PRICE: $30.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Social Science | Indigenous Studies |
| Dewey: 994.004 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First Australians 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 1992 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia. By illuminating a handful of extraordinary lives spanning two centuries, First Australians reveals, through their eyes, the events that shaped a new nation. |