In the creation of a new society there are always winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew through invasion, settlement and development from a colonial outpost to an affluent industrial society. This book tells the history of Australia from the perspective of those who were dispossessed, the original Australians. Australian history is often recounted as a saga of progress by a developing white nation towards a bigger and better target; this text examines this process from the opposite angle. It reveals what ...
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In the creation of a new society there are always winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew through invasion, settlement and development from a colonial outpost to an affluent industrial society. This book tells the history of Australia from the perspective of those who were dispossessed, the original Australians. Australian history is often recounted as a saga of progress by a developing white nation towards a bigger and better target; this text examines this process from the opposite angle. It reveals what White Australia lost by its onslaught on Aboriginal culture and how Aborigines, in different ways, have attempted to maintain their distinctive identity in the face of hostility, ignorance and exploitation.
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