Dark tales from the long river : a bloody history of Australia's north-west frontier [Paperback]
Price, David2021
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The nine true stories of murder, dispossession, violence and misadventure contained in Dark Tales from the Long River all took place in the Gascoyne region during the thirty-three-year tenure of Magistrate C.D.V. Foss, which ended in 1915. Accounts from a wide array of contemporaneous newspapers illuminate these events and expose the dark side of our colonial history. They show how policing and the justice system were used not only to track down serial murderers and petty criminals, but also to subjugate Aboriginal peoples and persecute migrants from Asia-and how many felt compelled to take the law into their own hands.
Main title:
Author:
Price, David, author
Imprint:
Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2021.©2021
Collation:
208 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97819258166319781925816631
Dewey class:
364.99413364.994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
410437
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - True Crime | 364.994 PRI | Available |