Title Frontier justice : a history of the Gulf country to 1900 / Tony Roberts

Published Queensland : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA by International Specialized Books Services, 2005 Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2005 Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA by International Specialized Books Services

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Series EBL ebooks online Contents 1. Pioneers of the coast track -- 2. In the steps of the pioneers -- 3. A most dangerous place -- 4. Birth and decline of Borroloola -- 5. The pastoral frontier -- 6. Lifting the veil -- 7. Roper country -- 8. McArthur River station -- 9. The Gulf Coast -- 10. The Barkly -- 11. Border country -- App. European deaths from misadventure Summary Frontier Justice is a very powerful and important book. It appears at a particularly significant time given the intense current debate about Aboriginal history. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the story of the Australian frontier. Professor Henry Reynolds A challenging and illuminating history, Frontier Justice brings a fresh perspective to the Northern Territory's remarkable frontier era. For the newcomer, the Gulf countryfrom the Queensland border to the overland telegraph line, and from the Barkly Tableland to the Roper Riverwas a harsh and in places impassable wilderness. To explorers like Leichhardt, it promised discovery, and to bold adventurers like the overlanders and pastoralists, a new start. For prospectors in their hundreds, it was a gateway to the riches of the Kimberley goldfields. To the 2,500 Aboriginal inhabitants, it was their physical and spiritual home. From the 1870s, with the opening of the Coast Track, cattlemen eager to lay claim to vast tracts of station land brought cattle in massive numbers and destruction to precious lagoons and fragile terrain. Black and white conflict escalated into unfettered violence and retaliation that would extend into the next century, displacing, and in some areas destroying, the original inhabitants. The vivid characters who people this meticulously researched and compelling history are indelibly etched from diaries and letters, archival records and eyewitness accounts. Included are maps with original place names, and previously unpublished photographs and illustrations. A commanding study of race relations in the remote Gulf country. Tony Roberts uncovers compelling evidence of a litany of violence across some forty-odd years of rough borderlands dispossession in an encompassing, powerful and disturbing history. Professor Raymond Evans Notes Description based upon print version of record ProQuest Ebook Central Rental Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-303) and index Notes eBook access via Internet Print version record Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Northern Territory Pioneers -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century Whites -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century Violence -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century Ethnic conflict -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century SUBJECT Northern Territory -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Northern Territory -- History -- 19th century Genre/Form Indigenous focus. Indigenous focus History. Form Electronic book Author Ebooks Corporation ISBN 9780702240836 0702240834 9780702240805 070224080X

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