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What the Colonists never knew : a history of Aboriginal Sydney / Dennis Foley, Peter Read.

What the Colonists never knew : a history of Aboriginal Sydney / Dennis Foley, Peter Read.
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ISBN 9781921953392 :
Author Foley, Dennis, 1953- (author)
Title What the Colonists never knew : a history of Aboriginal Sydney / Dennis Foley, Peter Read.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Canberra, ACT : National Museum of Australia Press, 2020.
Description 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary What the Colonists Never Knew paints a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up Aboriginal in Sydney, alongside the colonists, from 1788 to the present.Peter Read's exploration of the history of Aboriginal Sydney is interwoven with Dennis Foley's memories of his own Gai-mariagal country, taking readers on a journey through the region's past. This book offers an honest account of the disappointment, pain and terror experienced by Sydney's First Peoples, and celebrates the survival of their spirit and their culture.
Subjects Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales
Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- New South Wales
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Read, Peter, 1945- (author)
Pascoe, Bruce, 1947- (author of introduction, etc.)
Call number NMA G 2020
NMA 2020
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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date
A00891411 NMA 2020
National Museum of Australia publications   . *, Not for Loan .  
A00893385 NMA 2020
National Museum of Australia publications   . *, Not for Loan .  
A00921145 NMA G 2020
National Museum of Australia publications (loan copy) . Available to Museum Staff .  
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