ISBN |
1741100089 : |
Name |
Elder, Bruce |
Title |
Blood on the wattle : massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788 / Bruce Elder. |
Edition |
3rd ed. |
Published |
Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : New Holland, 2003. |
Description |
[vii], 309 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes index. |
Previous ed.: 1998. |
Bibliography: p. [297]-300. |
Summary |
Draws together, in a single volume, most of information about the massacres of the Aboriginal people which has been recorded in books and journals. It also creates a level of awareness of the scale of the massacres, so that this dimension of Australian history can become part of the Australian consciousness. |
Two hundred years ago -- The massacres to the south of Sydney -- Near genocide in Van Diemen's Land -- The massacre of the Wiradjuri - 1824 -- Massacres along the Darling River - 1835 to 1865 -- Major Nunn's Campaign - 1838 -- The Myall Creek Massacre - 1838 -- Massacres in a coastal paradise - 1830s and 1840s -- Massacres in the Gippsland region - 1840 to 1851 -- The massacre at Kilcoy -- Massacres by the Native Police -- The massacre of the Yeeman People - 1957 -- The massacre and the reprisals at Cullin-la-ringo - 1861 -- The massacre at Pigeon Creek - 1862 -- The Forrest River massacre - 1926 -- The Coniston massacre - 1928 -- Massacres, massacres, massacres -- The stolen generation -- Racism - an Australian tradition -- Did these massacres really occur? -- A few questions answered. |
Subjects |
Massacres -- Australia -- History |
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History |
Aboriginal Australians -- Wars |
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
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