‘A defiant stand’: histories of Australia’s frontier wars are revealing their true complexity, but there’s more to be done
- Written by Heidi Norman, Professor of Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
Gweagal men defending their country from invasion.Andrew Garran, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHistorian Stephen Gapps’ latest book, Uprising: War in the Colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844, describes a coordinated Aboriginal military front across more than 20 different Aboriginal nations and language groups. The front extended...
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