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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2019 recipient Order of Australia — Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of her "significant service to higher education, particularly to Indigenous history and women's studies.
- 2018 recipient Australian Academy of the Humanities Fellowships and Medals — Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Awards for Works
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Tasmanian Aborigines : A History Since 1803
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2012
7435325
2012
single work
criticism
'Tasmanian Aborigines were driven off their land so white settlers could produce fine wool for the English textile mills. By the time Truganini died in 1876, they were considered to be extinct. Yet like so many other claims about them, this was wrong.'
'Far from disappearing, the Tasmanian Aborigines actively resisted settler colonialism from the outset and have consistently campaigned for their rights and recognition as a distinct people through to the present.'
'The author tells the story of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, from before the arrival of the first whites to current political agendas. Tasmania has been the cradle of race relations in Australia, and their struggle for a place in their own country offers insights into the experiences of Aboriginal people nation-wide.' (Source: Publishers website)
- 2013 shortlisted Ernest Scott Prize
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