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'This is a pivotal story long overdue for the telling: how Aboriginal and European people interacted with each other following the British territorial invasion of 1826 for the next hundred years.'
'There has always been a wealth of documentary and oral history available to researchers prepared to write from a local history perspective, yet very few Australian historians have accepted this challenge. What has been lacking until quite recently is the sense among historians and the general Australian public that the history of Aboriginal–European relations, not only for the first few years of contact but for a period of many decades, is central to our nation’s story.'
'This extraordinary situation persisted with very few exceptions until the intense cultural and political foment that occurred throughout the Western world during the 1960s inevitably impacted upon the history departments of Australian universities. For the first time, Australians were confronted by the reality of their past as the old reluctance to write about the history of Aboriginal–European relations came to an abrupt end.'
'Murray Arnold tells this story from the vantage point of the town of Albany and the wider Great Southern region of Western Australia, and brings the unique story to life.' (Source: Publisher's website)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Journey Travelled: Aboriginal-European Relations at Albany and the Surrounding Regions from First Contact to 1926 : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 47 no. 2 2016; (p. 354-355)
— Review of A Journey Travelled: Aboriginal-European Relations at Albany and Surrounding Regions from First Colonial Contact to 1926 2015 multi chapter work criticism 'For its first three years, the town of Albany, situated on the shore of the spectacular King George Sound on the south coast of Western Australia, existed as a military garrison of New South Wales, its principal purpose to forestall French claims to the coast and hinterland of the western portion of the continent. In this environment, where the aim was to establish a presence rather than the groundwork for a colonial enterprise, relationships between the small group of about fifty colonisers, including eighteen soldiers and twenty-three convicts, and the Kincannup traditional owners of the site of the settlement were relatively harmonious. Conflict was actively avoided, and the Europeans made few demands on Kincannup lands and resources, travelling only occasionally into the wider Menang domain. The journals of Isaac Scott Nind (assistant surgeon 1826–29), Captain Collett Barker (commander 1829–31 when the new crown colony at Perth took over), and Alexander Collie (colonial surgeon 1830–32) provide an unusually detailed and vivid account of the early years of the settlement. ...'
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A Journey Travelled: Aboriginal-European Relations at Albany and the Surrounding Regions from First Contact to 1926 : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 47 no. 2 2016; (p. 354-355)
— Review of A Journey Travelled: Aboriginal-European Relations at Albany and Surrounding Regions from First Colonial Contact to 1926 2015 multi chapter work criticism 'For its first three years, the town of Albany, situated on the shore of the spectacular King George Sound on the south coast of Western Australia, existed as a military garrison of New South Wales, its principal purpose to forestall French claims to the coast and hinterland of the western portion of the continent. In this environment, where the aim was to establish a presence rather than the groundwork for a colonial enterprise, relationships between the small group of about fifty colonisers, including eighteen soldiers and twenty-three convicts, and the Kincannup traditional owners of the site of the settlement were relatively harmonious. Conflict was actively avoided, and the Europeans made few demands on Kincannup lands and resources, travelling only occasionally into the wider Menang domain. The journals of Isaac Scott Nind (assistant surgeon 1826–29), Captain Collett Barker (commander 1829–31 when the new crown colony at Perth took over), and Alexander Collie (colonial surgeon 1830–32) provide an unusually detailed and vivid account of the early years of the settlement. ...'
Awards
- 2016 Special Commendation Margaret Medcalf Award
- Western Australia,
- Albany, Albany area, Albany - Denmark - Mount Barker area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,
- 1826-1926