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SECONDHAND BOOK
The Destruction of Aboriginal Society is a powerful and detailed study of the history and tragedy of intersection between black and white Australians. Most white Australians today are unaware of the part the Aboriginal played in the history of settlement. Even if he only stood to be shot, he influenced profoundly the kind of man who made a successful settler.
The Aboriginal has been ‘written out’ of Australian history; the tragic significance of conflicts have long been bowdlerized and forgotten. Yet, even if vicariously, our guilt remains, as does our responsibility. Aboriginal attitudes take on a new dimension in the light of history, and no policies should be formulated except in that light. This is a book to stir the sleeping white Australian conscience.
The Destruction of Aboriginal Society is the first of three volumes by C D Rowley entitled ‘Aboriginal Policy and Practice’, part of a wider series sponsored by the Social Science Research Council of Australia, ‘Aborigines in Australian Society’. The other two volumes are Outcasts in White Australia and The Remote Aborigines.
Specifications:
Condition: Acceptable – visible wear to cover and spine, yellowed pages.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year: 1980
Format: Paperback
Pages: 430pp
ISBN: 0140214526
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