Aboriginal Australians : a history since 1788
Broome, Richard, 1948-2019
Book
The highly regarded history of Australia's First Nations people since colonisation, fully updated for this fifth edition. In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for power. Surveying over two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, he shows how white settlers steadily supplanted the original inhabitants, from the shining coasts to inland deserts, by sheer force of numbers, disease, technology and violence. He also tells the story of Aboriginal survival through resistance and accommodation, and traces the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of a settler society to a more central place in modern Australia. Broome's Aboriginal Australians has long been regarded as the most authoritative account of black-white relations in Australia. This fifth edition continues the story, covering the impact of the Northern Territory Intervention, the mining boom in remote Australia, the Uluru Statement, the resurgence of interest in traditional Aboriginal knowledge and culture, and the new generation of Aboriginal leaders.
Main title:
Aboriginal Australians : a history since 1788 / Richard Broome.
Author:
Broome, Richard, 1948-, author
Edition:
Fifth edition.
Imprint:
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2019.©2019
Collation:
ix, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
First published 1982. Previous edition 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97817605282189781760528218 (paperback)
Dewey class:
305.89915305.8991
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
618576
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| East Melbourne Library | -Society | SOCIETY 305.8991 BROO | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -Society | SOCIETY 305.8991 BROO | In-transit from Library at the Dock to City Library (Set: 25 Jun 2026) |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 305.8991 BROO | Not for loan (Set: 02 Jun 2022) |
| North Melbourne Library | -Society | SOCIETY 305.8991 BROO | Available |