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y separately published work icon First Australians : An Illustrated History reference   single work   information book  
Note: Edited by Rachel Perkins and Marcia Langton with Wayne Atkinson, James Boyce, RG Kimber, Steve Kinnane, Noel Loos and Bruce Pascoe.
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 First Australians : An Illustrated History
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon First Australians : An Illustrated History Rachel Perkins , Marcia Langton , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2008 Z1546617 2008 reference single work information book (taught in 2 units)

'First Australians, the companion book to the epic SBS TV series, is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire.

'Through a vast collection of images and historic documents, seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals-both black and white-caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.

'Their story begins in 1788 in Warrane, now known as Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishman, Governor Phillip, and the kidnapped warrior Bennelong. It ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia.

'By illuminating a handful of extraordinary lives spanning two centuries, First Australians reveals, through their eyes, the events that shaped a new nation.' (Publisher's blurb)

 		Australian Indigenous Societies and Colonisation University of New England 2009
y separately published work icon First Australians : An Illustrated History Rachel Perkins , Marcia Langton , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2008 Z1546617 2008 reference single work information book (taught in 2 units)

'First Australians, the companion book to the epic SBS TV series, is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire.

'Through a vast collection of images and historic documents, seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals-both black and white-caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.

'Their story begins in 1788 in Warrane, now known as Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishman, Governor Phillip, and the kidnapped warrior Bennelong. It ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia.

'By illuminating a handful of extraordinary lives spanning two centuries, First Australians reveals, through their eyes, the events that shaped a new nation.' (Publisher's blurb)

 		Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities University of New England 2014 (Trimester 2)
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