Black Pioneers: How Aboriginal and Islander People Helped Build Australia [With the White People] by Henry Reynolds

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Slight lift to top front cover. Pages are sunned. Scarce.

Black Pioneers is an important new edition of With the White People, Henry Reynolds' challenging account of the role of Aboriginal and Islander people in the exploration and development of colonial Australia.

In this book, Henry Reynolds debunks the notion that indigenous peoples have contributed nothing towards creating a prosperous modern society and that modern Australia rests on the sturdy foundations put down in the nineteenth century by the European pioneers.

Black Pioneers pays tribute to the labour and skill of the thousands of black men, women and children who worked for the Europeans in a wide range of occupations: as interpreters, concubines, trackers, troopers, servants, nursemaids, labourers, stockworkers and pearl-divers. Some of their intriguing stories are revealed here. (publisher blurb)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.