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'First Australians, the companion book to the epic SBS TV series, is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire.
'Through a vast collection of images and historic documents, seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals-both black and white-caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.
'Their story begins in 1788 in Warrane, now known as Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishman, Governor Phillip, and the kidnapped warrior Bennelong. It ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia.
'By illuminating a handful of extraordinary lives spanning two centuries, First Australians reveals, through their eyes, the events that shaped a new nation.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work
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Q&A Rachel Perkins
2010-2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: SL : State Library of New South Wales Magazine , Summer vol. 3 no. 4 2010-2011; (p. 41) -
Taking on the Cultural Myths
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of First Australians : An Illustrated History 2008 reference single work information book -
Recalibration of a Whitewashed Narrative
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 November 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of First Australians : An Illustrated History 2008 reference single work information book
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Recalibration of a Whitewashed Narrative
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 November 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of First Australians : An Illustrated History 2008 reference single work information book -
Taking on the Cultural Myths
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of First Australians : An Illustrated History 2008 reference single work information book -
Q&A Rachel Perkins
2010-2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: SL : State Library of New South Wales Magazine , Summer vol. 3 no. 4 2010-2011; (p. 41)