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Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838
John Connor
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Description for Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838
Paperback. This text is a comprehensive military history of frontier conflict in Australia. Covering the first 50 years of British occupation in Australia, the book examines in detail how both sides fought on the frontier and examines how Aborigines developed a form of warfare differing from tradition. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
9780868407562
SKU
V9780868407562
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Ref
99-3
About John Connor
John Connor is a PhD student in the School of History, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. A graduate of the Australian National University, the University of Canberra and the University of New South Wales, he has written on many aspects of Australian military history.
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