- Title
- "My Country all gone the white men have stolen it" : The invasion of Wadawurrung Country 1800-1870
- Creator
- Cahir, David (Fred)
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Book
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/168602
- Identifier
- vital:13835
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-0-646-80178-0
- Abstract
- "The Wadawurrung are the Aboriginal people whose Country includes the cities now known as Ballarat and Geelong. Fred Cahir examines the contact history in the period 1800-1870 of the Wadawurrung and the ngamadjidj (generally translated as white stranger belonging to the sea). Divided into chronological and thematic section, the book chronicles three waves of invasion: the early invasion period incorporating trespassers predominately from the sea, the sheepherders or squatters who followed in their wake and usurped the Wadawurrung of all their Country for sheep runs, and the third wave of invaders - the gold seekers. This historical study is transformative as it presents a compelling argument of how the Wadawurrung were active agents of change and sought cultural enrichment in the midst of the frontier war on their Country." --back cover.
- Publisher
- Australian History Matters
- Rights
- Copyright © Fred Cahir
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Subject
- Aboriginal Australians; Ballarat; Geelong; Victoria; History; Social life and customs; Wathaurong people
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