First Australians
Title:
First Australians
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Rachel Perkins and Marcia Langton with [six others].
Publication Information:
Carlton, Victoria : Miegunyah Press, 2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780522859546
General Note:
Originally published in 2008.
Abstract:
This book is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire.Seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals-both black and white-caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.Their story begins in 1788 in Warrane, now known as Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishman, Governor Phillip, and the kidnapped warrior Bennelong. It ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia.
Local Note:
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Term:
Genre:
Contents:
Prologue / Marcia Langton -- Ngura Barbagai: country lost / Marcia Langton -- Towlangany: to tell lies / James Boyce -- Wurrbunj Narrap: lament for country / Bruce Pascoe -- Altyere: dreaming / R.G. Kimber -- Marda-Marda: two bloods / Steve Kinnane -- Ngariarty: speaking strong / Wayne Atkinson -- Kara Ged: homeland / Marcia Langton and Noel Loos -- Epilogue / Marcia Langton.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.