Contested Ground: Australian Aborigines Under the British Crown edited by Ann McGrath

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library book with stickers and stamps. Date due slip on inside page. Wear to book corners. Binding is still very good.

Contested Ground provides a comprehensive account of the processes and experiences which shaped the lives of Aboriginal Australians from 1788 to the late 20th Century.

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. (publisher blurb)