Research Catalog

Title

Aboriginal Victorians : a history since 1800 / Richard Broome.

Author

Broome, Richard, 1948-

Publication

Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2005.

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Details

Description

xxv, 467 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

The fascinating and sometimes horrifying story of Aborigines in Victoria since white settlement. With painful stories of personal loss as well as many successes, outlines how they survived near decimation to become a vibrant community today.

Subjects

• History
• Victoria
• Australia > History
• Indigenous peoples > Australia > Victoria

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1. Wild Times: 1800-1850. 1. Meeting strangers -- 2. Melbourne: an Aboriginal domain -- 3. Countering civilisers -- 4. Accommodating sheep herders -- 5. Dangerous frontiers. Part 2. Transformations: 1850-1886. 6. Negotiating two worlds -- 7. New communities -- 8. Country 'wanderers' -- 9. 'A miserable spadeful of ground'. Part 3. Assimilationism: 1886-1970. 10. Under the Acts -- 11. 'Old Lake Tyers' -- 12. Fighting for Framlingham -- 13. Country campers -- 14. Melbourne and Aboriginal activism -- 15. Assimilation and its challengers. Part 4. Renaissance: 1970 Onwards. 16. Seeking autonomy -- 17. Being Aboriginal

ISBN

• 1741145694
• 9781741145694

OCLC

60808234

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library