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mandi_m's review against another edition
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5.0
Fascinating look at Indigeneous history that should be widely read.
hayley_loves_books's review against another edition
5.0
In the last few years I have attempted to broaden my reading by reading books by people of colour or in this case about people of colour. I came to the startling conclusion recently that as a white Australian I only had a limited knowledge about our Aboriginal Australians.
This book is incredible, charting from 1788 until this revised edition which goes until 2019. It should be mandatory reading for all senior level high school students to gain a better understanding of all people of Australia but particularly Aboriginals. After reading this I realised that some of my thoughts were backed by ignorance of varied situations. I am now re-evaluating some of these thoughts and think many others if they read this book would as well.
I do believe that there will always be ongoing conflict when we have different races and cultures but books like this go a long way to reducing the gap and creating understanding of both Aboriginal Australians and white Australians descending from European settlement.
This is a book that I would love to own for my shelf.
This book is incredible, charting from 1788 until this revised edition which goes until 2019. It should be mandatory reading for all senior level high school students to gain a better understanding of all people of Australia but particularly Aboriginals. After reading this I realised that some of my thoughts were backed by ignorance of varied situations. I am now re-evaluating some of these thoughts and think many others if they read this book would as well.
I do believe that there will always be ongoing conflict when we have different races and cultures but books like this go a long way to reducing the gap and creating understanding of both Aboriginal Australians and white Australians descending from European settlement.
This is a book that I would love to own for my shelf.
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