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When the Sky Fell Down: The Destruction of the Tribes of the Sydney Region 1788-1850s

Keith Willey
ISBN: 0002164345 Categories: ,

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First Edition. pp. 231 illusts #0918/260122 History of early contact based on documentary sources; traces changing attitudes of both Aborigines and whites and the increasingly devastating effects of settlement.

Aboriginal Indigenous Studies.
First Edition.231p., [12]p. of part col.plates : map ; 22cm. Bibliography: p.221-223.
Australian Aborigines. Sydney region, ca.1798-1850. | Aboriginal Australians — New South Wales — Sydney Region. | Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850. | Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900. | Sydney Region (N.S.W.) — History. | Sydney (NSW SI56-05)

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AuthorKeith Willey
Number of pages231p., [12]p. of part col.plates : map ; 22cm.
PublisherWilliam Collins
Year Published1979
Book Condition

Near Fine

Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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