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The murder of John Francis Dowling and the massacre of 300 Aborigines / Paul Dillon.

The murder of John Francis Dowling and the massacre of 300 Aborigines / Paul Dillon.
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ISBN 9781925826500
Author Dillon, Paul A. (author)
Title The murder of John Francis Dowling and the massacre of 300 Aborigines / Paul Dillon.
Other title Murder of John Francis Dowling and the massacre of three hundred Aborigines
Publisher and/or associated date/s Redland Bay, QLD : Connor Court Publishing, 2019.
©2019.
Description 123 pages : facsimiles, maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122)
Contents About the Author – Preface -- Chapter One - The Deceased -- Chapter Two - Academic Treatment -- Chapter Three - The Murder -- Chapter Four -The Massacre? -- Summation – Epilogue -- Appendix A - Death Certificate -- Appendix B - Bulloo River Runs -- Appendix C - Map of Warrego -- Appendix D - Dowling Track -- Appendix E - Letters to the Editor -- Appendix F - E O Hobkirk Manuscript -- Appendix G - Relevant Press Reportage relating to John -- Dowling's Death -- Appendix H - Colonial Frontier Massacres in Central and Eastern Australia 1788-1930 – Bibliography.
Summary “John Francis Dowling rode out on his trusty steed from the Paroo with his black pilot beside him hoping to make a line to Mt Murchison Station on the Darling. … Dowling was found murdered by the blacks. His trusty guide in a moment of madness struck him about the head … then decamped. … Arising out of this tragedy, 300 Aborigines were said to have been massacred by the whites. This book is an attempt to tell that story as best as one can with the information that still exists. … Should we see it as the loss of a pioneer attempting to settle the Australian outback, attempting to advance Australia. Or is the real story the relentless march of the white man’s livestock trampling the flora and fauna and encroaching on Koori country. Who should come first the wool or the environment? John Dowling had a job to do. He never expected to be killed in carrying out the ambitions and aspirations of the white citizens of Queensland. On the other hand, the intrusion of foreign squatters onto the fields and streams of the outback has left a lasting trail of regret in the minds of some.”--Back cover.
Subjects Dowling, John Francis
Murder victims -- New South Wales
Massacres -- Australia -- History
Massacres -- New South Wales -- Murchison, Mount, Region
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History -- 1851-1901
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia
Aboriginal Australians -- Wars
Murchison, Mount, Region (N.S.W.)
Mount Murchison (NW NSW SH54-16)
Call number 2020.009
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A00928770 2020.009
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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