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Australian Aboriginal History: 5 Stories of Indigenous Heroes

by Marji Hill

Five figures of Aboriginal resistance

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Five figures of Aboriginal resistance

Marji Hill’s concise account centers on Pemulwuy, Musquito, Windradyne, Yagan and Jandamarra, placing their stories within the long history of frontier conflict in Australia. The book presents these figures as part of Aboriginal resistance to dispossession and the threats facing First Peoples’ cultures. Its five-person structure offers a focused entry into this history, connecting individual lives with the broader struggle to defend country and sustain cultural continuity.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking an introductory account of Aboriginal Australian resistance history.
  • Readers interested in the histories of Pemulwuy, Musquito, Windradyne, Yagan and Jandamarra.
  • Readers exploring Australian and Oceanian cultural history.

Themes

Aboriginal resistanceFrontier conflictDispossessionCultural survivalDefence of country

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Book overview

Violent conflict on the Australian frontier started soon after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.

 

The conflict continued right up to the early 1900s with the last massacre of Aboriginal Australians being recorded in 1928.

In this short and succinct account Marji Hill, author of more than 65 publications, tells the stories of five Aboriginal resistance heroes. They are:

 

Pemulwuy Musquito Windradyne Yagan Jandamarra

 

In this hidden history of Australia learn how these five Aboriginal Australian heroes of the resistance helped the cultures of the first people survive in the face of almost total dispossession and destruction.

 

If you are interested in delving more deeply into an aspect of the world's oldest continuing civilisation and learning about how some of its resistance heroes fought to defend their country then this book is for you.

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