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Alternative title: Aboriginal Australians : A History Since 1788
Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Aboriginal Australians : Black Response to White Dominance 1788-1980
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'This book tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians - those who lost most in our country's early colonial struggle for power. Surveying two centuries of Aboriginal-European encounters, it reveals what white Australia lost through unremitting colonial invasion and tells the story of Aboriginal survival through resistance and accommodation. It traces the continuing Aboriginal struggle to move from the margins of colonial society to a more central place in modern Australia.".

'Since its first appearance in 1982 and revision in 1994, Richard Broome's Aboriginal Australians has won a wide readership as a classic text on the history of race relations in Australia. Now fully updated to 2001, this new edition explains the land rights struggle since Mabo, the Hindmarsh Island affair, debates over the 'stolen generation', 'sorry' and reconciliation, and the recent experience of Aboriginal Australia. Aboriginal Australians remains the only concise and up-to-date survey of Aboriginal history since 1788.' (Taken from book jacket of 2002 edition.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1994 .
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      Extent: 275p.
      Edition info: 2nd edition
      Note/s:
      • Published January 1994

      ISBN: 9781863737609
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Alternative title: Aboriginal Australians: A History since 1788
      Edition info: Fourth edition : Fully revised
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st February 2010
         

      ISBN: 9781742370514
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2019 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Edition info: 5th ed.; updated
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2019.
      ISBN: 9781760528218

Other Formats

  • Also large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Land as Mediator : Violence and Hope in Alexis Wright’s Plains of Promise Paula Anca Farca , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Australian Writers and Writing , May no. 1 2010; (p. 29-36)
'Born in Cloncurry, Queensland and affiliated with the Waanji people of the highlands of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Austral¬ian author Alexis Wright wrote her debut novel Plains of Promise in 1997. Wright deals with is¬sues such as the brutal assimilation of Aboriginal people at St. Dominic’s Mission and their struggles to maintain connection with their communities, families and homelands. Since the settlers sepa¬rated Aboriginal family members and interfered in their relations with the land and each other, these relations had to be reinvented. Aborigi¬nal characters make use of the land and natural world to communicate to each other and respond to the violence of colonisation.' (p. 29)
[Review Essay] Aboriginal Australians: A History since 1788, (4th Edn) Lawrence Bamblett , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2010; (p. 131-132)

'The first time I took Richard Broome’s Aboriginal Australians (the second edition) from a library shelf, it was as an undergraduate curious to see what the book said about Aborigines. Searching through the book for references to Wiradjuri people and places, I was surprised to read that Broome had mistakenly located Warangesda Mission (my grandfather’s birthplace) near Brewarrina. Finding that Paul Coe (we are both from Erambie Mission) was mentioned, I read a few pages to see what was written about him. In that section it was claimed that Aborigines lacked self-esteem and that there was a growth of Aboriginal identity and pride during the 1970s. Finally, I read that welfare groups developed pride and independence among Aborigines. Next, Broome’s claim that it was natural for humans to feel that their own group was superior to others drew me into reading what he had to say about that point.'  (Introduction)

History: Aboriginal Australians : Black Responses to White Dominance 1788-1994; Aboriginal Australia : An Introductory Reader in Aboriginal Studies [Book Review] Geoffrey Gray , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1996; (p. 66-68)

'Both of these books are introductory texts for Aboriginal history and studies; both are directed towards students, teachers and a more general audience although Aboriginal Australia is far more specific, designed to act as a text for Aboriginal Studies and is an outcome of the Open Learning course, 'Aboriginal Studies: Aboriginal Australia', produced by the University of South Australia, where the three editors work.' (Introduction)

[Review Essay] Aboriginal Australians : Black Response to White Dominance 1788-1980 Jane Pettman , 1984 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1984; (p. 77-78)

'This is Allen and Unwin's fourth book in 'The Australian Experience' series. It aims to overcome the distortion and marginality of Aborigines in white Australia's history and psyche. It is, Broome states, 'an attempt by an Australian of European descent to help put the record straight'. It recognises that most Australians are appallingly ignorant, not only about Aborigines but also about their own history and society.' (Introduction)

Land as Mediator : Violence and Hope in Alexis Wright’s Plains of Promise Paula Anca Farca , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Australian Writers and Writing , May no. 1 2010; (p. 29-36)
'Born in Cloncurry, Queensland and affiliated with the Waanji people of the highlands of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Austral¬ian author Alexis Wright wrote her debut novel Plains of Promise in 1997. Wright deals with is¬sues such as the brutal assimilation of Aboriginal people at St. Dominic’s Mission and their struggles to maintain connection with their communities, families and homelands. Since the settlers sepa¬rated Aboriginal family members and interfered in their relations with the land and each other, these relations had to be reinvented. Aborigi¬nal characters make use of the land and natural world to communicate to each other and respond to the violence of colonisation.' (p. 29)
[Review Essay] Aboriginal Australians : Black Response to White Dominance 1788-1980 Jane Pettman , 1984 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1984; (p. 77-78)

'This is Allen and Unwin's fourth book in 'The Australian Experience' series. It aims to overcome the distortion and marginality of Aborigines in white Australia's history and psyche. It is, Broome states, 'an attempt by an Australian of European descent to help put the record straight'. It recognises that most Australians are appallingly ignorant, not only about Aborigines but also about their own history and society.' (Introduction)

History: Aboriginal Australians : Black Responses to White Dominance 1788-1994; Aboriginal Australia : An Introductory Reader in Aboriginal Studies [Book Review] Geoffrey Gray , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1996; (p. 66-68)

'Both of these books are introductory texts for Aboriginal history and studies; both are directed towards students, teachers and a more general audience although Aboriginal Australia is far more specific, designed to act as a text for Aboriginal Studies and is an outcome of the Open Learning course, 'Aboriginal Studies: Aboriginal Australia', produced by the University of South Australia, where the three editors work.' (Introduction)

[Review Essay] Aboriginal Australians: A History since 1788, (4th Edn) Lawrence Bamblett , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2010; (p. 131-132)

'The first time I took Richard Broome’s Aboriginal Australians (the second edition) from a library shelf, it was as an undergraduate curious to see what the book said about Aborigines. Searching through the book for references to Wiradjuri people and places, I was surprised to read that Broome had mistakenly located Warangesda Mission (my grandfather’s birthplace) near Brewarrina. Finding that Paul Coe (we are both from Erambie Mission) was mentioned, I read a few pages to see what was written about him. In that section it was claimed that Aborigines lacked self-esteem and that there was a growth of Aboriginal identity and pride during the 1970s. Finally, I read that welfare groups developed pride and independence among Aborigines. Next, Broome’s claim that it was natural for humans to feel that their own group was superior to others drew me into reading what he had to say about that point.'  (Introduction)

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