The Secret War

Author: Jonathan Richards

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Price : $39.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780702236396
Publisher : PEN
Imprint : PEN
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Weight (g) : 0.431
Publication date : 01 March 2008
Dimensions : 230mm X 150mm X 25mm
Produced in : Australia
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Author : Jonathan Richards
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Dewey classification : 363.209943
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Pages : 320
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Description

The Secret War is the latest salvo in the History Wars that sees historians, politicians and writers arguing over the extent of Indigenous deaths in frontier clashes. It is an authoritative and groundbreaking contribution to Australia's white settlement history.

Awards

Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award Gleebooks Award for Cultural & Literary Criticism 2009.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.