Reality of a Dark History: From Contact and Conflict to Cultural Recognition

The account of the period of first contact between Traditional Owners and European newcomers, with the resulting warfare and destruction of Indigenous societies through disease and malnutrition, sets in context later Queensland Government decisions. Government responses to the Aboriginal ‘problem’ became a history of legislation and an oppressive regime which controlled ATSI Peoples’ lives until the early 1970s.

Publisher: Arts Queensland
Date Published: 2008
Book Condition: Very good softcover with some minor edge wear. Otherwise, an unmarked copy internally.