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Author Elder, Bruce.

Title Blood on the wattle : massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788 / Bruce Elder
Edition Rev edition
Published Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : New Holland, 1998

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'BOOL  994.0049915 Eld/Bot 1998  AVAILABLE
Description 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Two hundred years ago -- 2. Massacres south of Sydney -- 3. Near genocide in Van Dieman's Land -- 4. The massacre of The Wiradjuri - 1824 -- 5. Massacres along the Darling River - 1835 To 1865 -- 6. Major Nunn's campaign - 1838 -- 7. The Myall Creek Massacre -1838 -- 8. Massacres in the Gippsland region - 1840 to 1851 -- 9. The massacre at Kilkoy -- 10. Massacres by the native police -- 11. The massacre of the Yeeman people - 1857 -- 12. The massacre and the reprisals at Cullin-La-Ringo - 1861 -- 13. The massacre at Pigeon Creek - 1862 -- 14. The Forrest River massacre - 1926 -- 15. The Coniston massacre - 1928 -- 16. Massacres, massacres, massacres. 17. The Stolen Generation -- 18. Racism - An Australian tradition -- 19. A few questions answered
Summary This revised and updated edition includes new information on three key events in Aboriginal-European relations and gives an overview of the "Stolen Generation" report which makes it the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject in the market. First edition published 1988
Analysis Aborigines
Atrocities
Federal issue
History
State and the individual
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [257]-260
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
Aboriginal Australians -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians -- Wars.
Aboriginal Australians.
Massacres -- Australia -- History.
LC no. 99530868
ISBN 1864364106 (paperback)
Other Titles Massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788