Triumph of the Nomads: A History of Ancient Australia by Geoffrey Blainey

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Some faint marks on right foredges. Dust jacket is in good condiotion with wear to top edge and at spine. Now enclosed in protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good.

Blainey's reassessment of Indigenous Australians in early Australia.

Rather than being prisoners in a hostile continent, the Aborigines were a successful race - triumphant in their discovery of the land, triumphant in their adaptation to it, and in their mastery of its contrasting climates, seasons and resources. (book flap)