First impressions -- The Gulf of Carpentaria -- Tasmania -- The north-west coast -- The Macassans -- Captain Cook at Sting Rays Bay -- Captain Cook at Endeavor River -- Captain Arthur Phillip and the Eora people -- John Batman adn the Woiwurrung people -- The Ngarrindjeri people -- The Tiwi Islanders and the Iwaidga people -- Captain Stirling, Yagan adn the Bibbulmun people -- Trucanini and the Nuenonne people -- The Torres Strait Islanders
Summary
Describes in words and paintings the earliest contacts between Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Malaysian and European people around the Australian coastline; includes detailed lists of texts and sources for further reading; aimed at reconciliation through an understanding of our history
Analysis
Australian
juvenile Nonfiction
Notes
The Children's Book Council of Australia - Short-listed book'
Bibliography
Bibliography: page 38
Audience
Children 10-14 years
Notes
Children's Book Council of Australia - Short Listed Book, 1994
Honour Book, Eve Pownall Award for Information books, CBCA, 1995
