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Six Australian battlefields : the black resistance to invasion and the white struggle against colonial oppression / Al Grassby and Marji Hill.
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T/572.994 GRA
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North Ryde, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson
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1988
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xii, 324 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
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020715595X
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At head of dustcover: A controversial look at Australia's bloody past.
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Book
Abstract:
Generations of Australians have been taught that no wars have ever been fought on Australian soil. Yet as many as 20,000 black Australians died fighting a war of resistance that lasted for more than a century. Six Australian Battlefields presents an alternative
view of history. Through detailed accounts of four great clashes, it confronts the reader with the realities of life on the Australian frontier. And through a retelling of the stories of Vinegar Hill and Eureka it reminds the reader of the central place of resistance in our past.
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Contents:
1. Invasion -- 2. The Army of Occupation -- 3. The Hundred Years War -- 4. The Twin Battles of Sydney -- 5. The Battle of Vinegar Hill -- 6. The Battle of Bathurst -- 7. The Battle of Pinjarra -- 8. The Battle of Eureka Stockade -- 9. The Battle of Battle
Mountain -- 10. Pilgrimages.
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