| ISBN |
9781760110482 (pbk.) |
| 1760110485 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Connors, Libby, 1960- (author.) |
| Title |
Warrior : a legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier / Libby Connors. |
| Portion of title |
Legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, 2015. |
| ©2015 |
| Description |
xii, 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: the public hanging -- 1. Growing up in the Blackall Range -- 2. The young negotiator: Trade and diplomacy to March 1842 -- 3. The Great Toors of 1842-43: The Bora men change strategy -- 4. The attack on Gregor's station -- 5. White politics and black politics -- 6. Attempts at conciliation -- 7. The feud continues: Capture, trial, aftermath -- Epilogue: Remembering Dundalli -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Notes. |
| Summary |
"In the 1840s, white settlement in the north was under attack. European settlers were in awe of Aboriginal physical fitness and fighting prowess, and a series of deadly raids on homesteads made even the townspeople of Brisbane anxious. Young warrior Dundalli was renowned for his size and strength, and his elders gave him the task of leading the resistance against the Europeans' ever increasing incursions on their traditional lands. Their response was embedded in Aboriginal law and Dundalli became one of their greatest lawmen. With his band of warriors, he had the settlers in thrall for twelve years, evading capture again and again, until he was finally arrested and publicly executed. Warrior is the extraordinary story of one of Australia's little-known heroes, one of many Aboriginal men to die protecting their country. It is also a fresh and compelling portrait of life in the early days of white settlement of Brisbane and south east Queensland." -- Back cover. |
| Subjects |
Dundalli, -- d.1855 |
| Dundalli, -- 1820-1855 |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Queensland |
| Government, Resistance to -- Queensland |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- History -- 19th century |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 19th century |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Queensland |
| Government, Resistance to -- Australia -- Queensland |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy |
| Queensland -- History -- 1824-1900 |
| Queensland -- Colonization -- History |
| Queensland -- Social life and customs -- 1824-1900 |
| Queensland -- Colonization -- History |
| Queensland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century |
| Queensland -- Race relations -- History |
| Call number |
305.89915 CON |
