West Australiana / Aboriginal INDIGENOUS

Tells of the invasion of Aboriginal lands and the imposition of a new colonial order. Chaos and turmoil ensued, extraordinary relationships grew. Indomitable human spirit takes the reader beyond the horrors of invasion. A true story of an Aboriginal hero from the central Kimberley who died defending his country. is the thrilling true story of the great Aboriginal resistance fighter, Jandamarra – a legend, forever etched into the history of the Australian landscape. Set in the magnificent Kimberley outback during the late nineteenth century when the last stage of Australian invasion is about to be played out in the lands of the Bunuba people. Amid the ensuing chaos and turmoil, extraordinary and sometimes contradictory relationships are forged, which will reach long into the future. Jandamarra died on his own soil defending his country. He is a true Australian hero. This book is the winner of 1996 Western Australian Premiers Book Award and was shortlisted for New South Wales Premier Literary Awards in 1996.

Aboriginal studies. Aborigines. xiii, 218 p. : ill., maps, ports. (some col.) ; 21 cm. First Edition. #0517/0818/1019/0220/0720/281121/110222/130622/200523/190923

Jandamarra, approximately 1870-1897. | Bunuba (Australian people) — Government relations. | Bunuba (Australian people) — Treatment. | Insurgency — Western Australia — Kimberley. | Racism — Western Australia — Kimberley — History. | Outlaws — Western Australia — Kimberley — Biography. | Bunuba (Australian people) — History. | Nyikina people (K3) (WA SE51-11) | Gooniyandi / Gunian people (K6) (WA SE52-09) | Economic sectors – Agriculture and horticulture – Pastoral industry. | Bunuba / Punuba people (K5) (WA SE51-08) | History – Battles. | Law enforcement – Police – Native police. | Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900. | Law enforcement – Police conduct and attitudes. | Kimberley (W.A.) — History. | Kimberley (W.A.) — Race relations — History. | Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06) | Lillimilura / Limulurru (WA West Kimberley SE51-08) | Bandilngan / Windjana Gorge (WA West Kimberley SE51-08)