I. Introduction -- II. An unforgettable incident -- III. The innocence of an island education -- IV. Travelling north -- V. Confronting the realities of race -- VI. Becoming involved -- VII. Teaching and learning - about race -- VIII. The legacy of terror -- IX. The killing times -- X. Confronting the myth of a peaceful settlement -- XI. Arguing about invasion -- XII. Lest we forget -- XIII. Mabo and land rights -- XIV. Wik, pastoral leases and the pursuit of justice -- XV. Paying tribute to the black pioneers -- XVI. Writing black-armband history
Summary
A frank account of historian Henry Reynold's personal journey towards the realisation that he, like generations of Australians, grew up with a distorted and idealised version of the past
