Possession: Batman's Treaty and the Matter of History by Bain Attwood

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Partial date due slip on inside page. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has only light creasing to top and tail edges. Minor faint mark on tight foredge.

The fascinating story of the only treaties ever made in Australia.

It contemplates why these agreements were forged, how the Aboriginal people understood their terms, why the government repudiated them, and how settlers claimed to be the rightful owners of the land.

Bain Attwood also reveals how the settler society has endeavoured to make good its act of possession by repeatedly creating histories that have recalled or repressed the memory of Batman, the treaties, and the Aborigines' destruction and dispossession, and charts how Aboriginal people have unsettled this matter of history through their remembering. (book flap)

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