Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous

The first major study of Aboriginal cross-cultural exchanges with the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61.

The fascinating and sometimes horrifying story of Aborigines in Victoria since white settlement. With painful stories of personal loss as well as many successes, outlines how they survived near decimation to become a vibrant community today.

Early Europeans saw Victoria and its rolling grasslands as Australia felix-happy south land-a prize left for them by God. For its original inhabitants, their Country was home and life, not to be relinquished without a fierce struggle. Richard Broome tells the story of the impact of European ideas...