Contested Ground: Australian Aborigines under the British Crown

Ann McGrath (ed.)

ISBN 10: 1863736468 / ISBN 13: 9781863736466

Published by Routledge, 1995

About this Item

415pp., b/w illus., select bibliography, index. Faint marks to top and fore edges. Otherwise excellent tight clean copy. GL.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1614659117708

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contested Ground: Australian Aborigines under the British Crown
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1863736468
• ISBN 13: 9781863736466
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australian History/Politics
  • Aboriginal History/Culture
  • Australian Cultural Studies

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ann McGrath led the History Project of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and is currently Director of the Centre for Community History at the University of New South Wales.

Contributors include Paul Behrendt, Peggy Brock, Richard Broome, Heather Goodall, Dawn May, Maykutenner (Vicki Matson-Green), Peter Read, Henry Reynolds and Sandy Toussaint.