Auty Kate (10 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A powerful investigation that reveals the deep injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the 1920sIn June 1926, a posse of police officers and white civilians murdered at least twenty Aboriginal people near the Forrest River Mission in the Kimberley. After the massacre, a conspiracy of silence descended. Witnesses vanished. Charges against two of the officers were dropped for insufficient evidence.One of the massacre's perpetrators was Bernard O'Leary, a former soldier whose land holding was known as 'the underworld'. At the 1927 royal commission into the killings, O'Leary was portrayed by his lawyer as a simple honest bushman who had been framed. In this powerful account, Kate Auty argues that O'Leary was in fact 'vicious, brazen and a bullshitter', with 'a propensity for brutality'. Although never charged, he played a leading role in the murders, and his duplicitous testimony thwarted the commission's work.In electric prose, Auty depicts O'Leary as a merciless killer, while the apparatus that concealed his crimes is portrayed with great realism and clarity. Driven by both forensic and moral judgement, the book exposes the injustices embedded in Australian settlement history, and the culture of denial that has prevented truth-telling in this country.'A major contribution to the study of frontier massacres in Australia' -Lyndall Ryan'In her investigation into the life and character of Patrick O'Leary, one of the rogue males who prowled the Australian frontier in the 1920s, Kate Auty has chased down the sort of detail that scaffolds the dark side of the pioneering narrative we are only just learning to hear. . A forensically researched document of the persistence of frontier violence into the twentieth century.' -Kim Mahood'Kate Auty's powerful and passionate work is a timely reminder that our colonial past should not be a foreign country: it's our place, and we all need to know the awfulness of what happened here. . Her meticulous research also reveals how the cynical response of the Western Australia government - a compromised royal commission and a doomed criminal trial of two police officers - was calculated to bury the truth and deny justice to Aboriginal people.' -Patrick Dodson Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. The first page has a previous owner's name in pen. 174 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pen mark on right foredge. Interior and binding are still excellent. A powerful investigation that reveals the deep injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the 1920s. In June 1926, a posse of police officers and white civilians murdered at least twenty Oombulgurri people at Forrest River in the Kimberley. After the massacre, a conspiracy of silence descended. Witnesses vanished. Charges against two of the officers were dropped for insufficient evidence. One of the massacre's perpetrators was Bernard O'Leary, a former soldier whose landholding was known as 'the underworld'. At the 1927 Royal Commission into the killings, O'Leary was portrayed by his lawyer as a simple, honest backwoodsman who was framed. In this powerful account, Kate Auty argues that O'Leary was in fact 'vicious, brazen and a bullshitter', with 'a propensity for brutality'. Although never charged, he played a leading role in the murders, and his duplicitous testimony thwarted the commission's work. In electric prose, Auty depicts O'Leary as a merciless killer, while the apparatus that concealed his crimes is portrayed with great realism and clarity. Driven by forensic and moral judgement, the book exposes the injustices embedded in Australian settlement history and the culture of denial that has prevented truth-telling in this country.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A powerful investigation that reveals the deep injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the 1920sIn June 1926, a posse of police officers and white civilians murdered at least twenty Aboriginal people near the Forrest River Mission in the Kimberley. After the massacre, a conspiracy of silence descended. Witnesses vanished. Charges against two of the officers were dropped for insufficient evidence.One of the massacre's perpetrators was Bernard O'Leary, a former soldier whose land holding was known as 'the underworld'. At the 1927 royal commission into the killings, O'Leary was portrayed by his lawyer as a simple honest bushman who had been framed. In this powerful account, Kate Auty argues that O'Leary was in fact 'vicious, brazen and a bullshitter', with 'a propensity for brutality'. Although never charged, he played a leading role in the murders, and his duplicitous testimony thwarted the commission's work.In electric prose, Auty depicts O'Leary as a merciless killer, while the apparatus that concealed his crimes is portrayed with great realism and clarity. Driven by both forensic and moral judgement, the book exposes the injustices embedded in Australian settlement history, and the culture of denial that has prevented truth-telling in this country.'A major contribution to the study of frontier massacres in Australia' -Lyndall Ryan'In her investigation into the life and character of Patrick O'Leary, one of the rogue males who prowled the Australian frontier in the 1920s, Kate Auty has chased down the sort of detail that scaffolds the dark side of the pioneering narrative we are only just learning to hear. . A forensically researched document of the persistence of frontier violence into the twentieth century.' -Kim Mahood'Kate Auty's powerful and passionate work is a timely reminder that our colonial past should not be a foreign country: it's our place, and we all need to know the awfulness of what happened here. . Her meticulous research also reveals how the cynical response of the Western Australia government - a compromised royal commission and a doomed criminal trial of two police officers - was calculated to bury the truth and deny justice to Aboriginal people.' -Patrick Dodson Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A powerful investigation that reveals the deep injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the 1920sIn June 1926, a posse of police officers and white civilians murdered at least twenty Aboriginal people near the Forrest River Mission in the Kimberley. After the massacre, a conspiracy of silence descended. Witnesses vanished. Charges against two of the officers were dropped for insufficient evidence.One of the massacre's perpetrators was Bernard O'Leary, a former soldier whose land holding was known as 'the underworld'. At the 1927 royal commission into the killings, O'Leary was portrayed by his lawyer as a simple honest bushman who had been framed. In this powerful account, Kate Auty argues that O'Leary was in fact 'vicious, brazen and a bullshitter', with 'a propensity for brutality'. Although never charged, he played a leading role in the murders, and his duplicitous testimony thwarted the commission's work.In electric prose, Auty depicts O'Leary as a merciless killer, while the apparatus that concealed his crimes is portrayed with great realism and clarity. Driven by both forensic and moral judgement, the book exposes the injustices embedded in Australian settlement history, and the culture of denial that has prevented truth-telling in this country.'A major contribution to the study of frontier massacres in Australia' -Lyndall Ryan'In her investigation into the life and character of Patrick O'Leary, one of the rogue males who prowled the Australian frontier in the 1920s, Kate Auty has chased down the sort of detail that scaffolds the dark side of the pioneering narrative we are only just learning to hear. . A forensically researched document of the persistence of frontier violence into the twentieth century.' -Kim Mahood'Kate Auty's powerful and passionate work is a timely reminder that our colonial past should not be a foreign country: it's our place, and we all need to know the awfulness of what happened here. . Her meticulous research also reveals how the cynical response of the Western Australia government - a compromised royal commission and a doomed criminal trial of two police officers - was calculated to bury the truth and deny justice to Aboriginal people.' -Patrick Dodson Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. Genuinely impressive condition. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be less than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.