Title Koori, a will to win : the heroic resistance, survival & triumph of Black Australia / James Miller

Published London ; Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1985

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	305.89915 MIL-K		AVAILABLE

Description xvii, 302 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm Series Susan Crooke Memorial Collection Susan Crooke Memorial Collection Contents Includes index Summary Account of Aboriginal oppression and opposition interspersed with biographical experiences of authors family; traditional society of the Wonnarua people; history of European contact and conflict; influence of missionaries, Aborigines Inland Mission; changing Government attitudes, Aborigines Protection Board and separation of families; welfare movement; Aboriginal political activists, land rights and self determination; facilities for tracing ancestors, list of Wonnarua people mentioned in literature Analysis Aboriginal Australians - New South Wales - History Aboriginal Australians - New South Wales - Social conditions Wonnarua (Aboriginal people) Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 289-296 Includes index Notes BH copy donated by Prof Lowitja O'Donoghue Subject Miller, James, 1949- Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity. Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Hunter River Valley Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Hunter River Valley Wonnarua (Aboriginal people) Wonnarua (Australian people) Wonnarua (Australian people) -- Biography. Genre/Form Biographies. Author Governor, Jimmy, 1875-1901. Governor, Joe New South Wales. Aborigines Protection Board LC no. 85181824 ISBN 0207150656 020715483X (paperback)

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