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Published 01-01-2010
ISBN 9780522859546
Pages 312
Subjects History Australasian and Pacific history Indigenous peoples
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First Australians Unillustrate

(Unillustrated)

Rachel Perkins, Marcia Langton, and Blackfella Films Pty Ltd

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Published 01-01-2010
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Subjects History Australasian and Pacific history Indigenous peoples
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The companion book to the epic SBS TV series, First Australians tells the story that gave birth to the nation.

First Australians is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire.

Seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals-both black and white-caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.

Their story begins in 1788 in Warrane, now known as Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishman, Governor Phillip, and the kidnapped warrior Bennelong. It ends in 1992 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia.

By illuminating a handful of extraordinary lives spanning two centuries, First Australians reveals, through their eyes, the events that shaped a new nation.

Note: This is the unillustrated version of First Australians.

About The Author

Rachel Perkins is a filmmakers with a thirty year career that spans documentary, TV drama series, telemovies and feature films. She recently directed Mystery Road, a six part one hour series starring Judy Davis and Aaron Pedersen. Previous to that she directed the feature films Jasper Jones, the tele-movie Mabo, the musical hit Bran Nue…

About The Author

Ross Jones is the Senior Research Fellow in the Indigenous History of the University of Melbourne Project in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

James Waghorne is the official historian of the University of Melbourne, based in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

Professor Marcia Langton AO is a granddaughter of…