Blood on the Wattle: Massacres and Maltreatment of Aborigines from 1788

Written by Bruce Elder, who coincidentally is also responsible for this web site, this is a detailed history of most of the massacres and maltreatment of Aborigines which has occurred on over the past 200 years. It opens with the attacks on Aborigines by the earliest Europeans who arrived in Sydney in 1788 and continues to look at the massacres which occurred on the frontiers. The story is deeply disturbing and many readers have found the accumulation of information deeply disturbing. This new edition includes information on the 'Stolen Generation' and provides new information on massacres on the South Coast of NSW and in the hinterland behind Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Evonne Cawley has stated that the book 'changed her life'. In 1999 a survey of over 4,000 readers of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age voted 'Blood on the Wattle' one of Australia's ten most influential works of non-fiction this century.

Published by New Holland.

Recommended Retail: $AUD27.95

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