Strangers on the Shore: Early Coastal Contact in Australia edited by Peter Veth, Peter Sutton and Margo Neale

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex Library. Please see images for more information. Book is covered in protective plastic. Black stain on inside covers. Otherwise in clean and tidy condition.

Contact between Indigenous Australians and outsiders - Macassans, Dutch, English, French and others are known tho have occurred for over 400 years. This book explores these diverse first encounters from both an Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspective.

It also looks at the myriad elements of these cross-cultural exchanges, which resulted in profound outcomes for the First Australians.