Revealing the story of the single family of Aborigines on Kangaroo Island, Australia, who would grow to become the island's largest land owners-and then mysteriously disappear-this dramatic work of history explores what became of this family and why they left their land. What emerges is a saga that is both remarkable and sadly familiar and a fascinating microcosm of European expansion in both Australia and the United States. Also included are pertinent discussions of the profound effect aboriginal displacement has had on the Australian psyche.
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Rebe Taylor is a Ph.D. student at the research school of social sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra.
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This review is from: Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island (Paperback)
This book is simply a must read for all Australians and anyone interested in the colonial experience, in this case by white British 'official' settlers who marginalised the prior inhabitants of Kangaroo Island, and who were also white (unoffical European settlers and sealers) its not a race thing so much, as much as it became a race thing, its just that the marginalised were not 'recognised' socially, and no one would marry them and all their hard work was lost, appropriated by those with the right connections.
The story is compelling.
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