Dispossession: Black Australians and White Invaders compiled by Henry Reynolds

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Right tail corner of half-title and title page has been clipped, otherwise interior is very good.

Aboriginal and immigrant Australians have shared this continent for over 200 years. Nineteenth-century writers were aware of the importance of the Aboriginal presence but when the colonists began to write their own history, the Aborigines were erased from the account. Recently this history has been overturned as we rediscover the role of Aborigines in our past.

In this collection of documents, our forebears speak for themselves. They present a fascinating picture of how they endeavour to come to terms emotionally, morally and intellectually with the victims of the dispossession. (back cover)