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1 online resource (171 pages) |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Whispering; Introduction: 2018; 1. The concerns of gentlemen, 1790-1847; 2. Missionaries and protectors, 1810-49; 3. A reasonable share in the soil: Robinson and Threlkeld in New South Wales, 1824-48; 4. Great displeasure: Lyon and Giustiniani in Western Australia, 1829-38; 5. Agitation against assassination: Queensland, 1860-80; 6. The crusade of The Queenslander, 1880-90; 7. John Gribble goes west, 1885-87; 8. Two unlikely agitators: Angelo and Carley, 1880-90; 9. Modern massacre: Forrest River and Coniston, 1926-28 |
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10. The Caledon Bay affair, 1932-3411. Agitation and reform, 1920-40; 12. Dramatic changes, 1945-72; 13. Reconciliation and recapitulation, 1992-; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering in the bottom of our hearts?' Listening to the whispering in his own heart, Henry Reynolds was led into the lives of remarkable and largely forgotten white humanitarians who followed their consciences and challenged the prevailing attitudes to Indigenous people. His now-classic book The Whispering in Our Hearts constructed an alternative history of Australia through the eyes of those who felt disquiet and disgust at the brutality of dispossession. These men and women fought for justice for Indigenous people even when doing so lef |
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Print version record |
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Aboriginal Australians -- First contact with Europeans
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Aboriginal Australians -- History
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Race discrimination -- Australia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Aboriginal Australians
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
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Race discrimination
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Race relations
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Social conditions
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Australia -- Social conditions
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Australia -- Race relations
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1742244319 |
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9781742244310 |
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9781742248745 |
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1742248748 |
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