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Taking liberty : indigenous rights and settler self-government in colonial Australia, 1830-1890 /

At last a history that explains how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. The legacy of seizing a continent and alternately destroying and governing its original people shaped how white Australians came to see themselves as independent citizens....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Curthoys, Ann (Author), Mitchell, Jessie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2018]
Series:	Critical perspectives on empire.
Subjects:	Aboriginal Australians > Government relations > History > 19th century. Aboriginal Australians > Civil rights > History > 19th century. Australia > Politics and government > 19th century. HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand.

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