Six Australian Battlefields: The Black Resistance to Invasion and the White Struggle Against Colonial Oppression by Al Grassby and Marji Hill

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Mark on right foredge. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine and is now enclosed in protective covering. Interior and binding are also very good.

Six Australian Battlefields presents an alternative view of history. It begins some 50,000 years ago with a vivid outline of the extraordinary story of the Black nations who discovered and successfully colonised the continent. It deals in detail their fight against the invasion of their lands that began in 1788, a heroic fight against the vastly superior weapons of the army of occupation, the professional soldiers of successive British regiments and later the colonial auxiliaries.

Four of the battles mentions were fought by First Nations people. The remaining tow at Vinegar Hill and Eureka were fought by others oppressed by the colonial administration. All fought to achieve basic human rights. (book flap)

Battles of Hawkesbury, Parramatta, Bathurst, Pinjarra, Battle Mountain; Eora, Dharuk, Wiradjuri, Nyungar, Kalkadoon tribes; Pemulwuy, Windradyne, Calyute, Yagan, Weeip.