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Title: Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838
Condition: New
EAN: 9780868407562
ISBN: 9780868407562
Publisher: UNSW Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/06/2002
Description: From the Swan River to the Hawkesbury, and from the sticky Arnhem Land mangrove to the soft green hills of Tasmania, this book describes the major conflicts fought on the Australian frontier to 1838. Based on extensive research and using overseas frontier wars to add perspective to the Australian experience, The Australian Frontier Wars 1788-1838 will change our view of Australian history forever. Over the last thirty years, Australians have become increasingly aware that violence accompanied the colonisation of their continent. Historians have shown that the armed conflicts between Aborigines and British settlers and soldiers, though small in scale and sporadic in nature, can truly be described as 'wars'. However, a gap remains at the heart of our understanding of the Australian frontier: the actual warfare, and the weapons and tactics used to fight it, remain poorly understood. The Australian Frontier Wars is the first book-length military history of frontier conflict in Australia. Covering the first fifty years of British occupation in Australia, this book examines in detail how both sides fought on the frontier. It shows how Aborigines developed a new form of warfare that diffe
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Item Height: 235mm
Item Length: 155mm
Item Weight: 260g
Author: John Connor
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics
Release Year: 2002

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