Title The challenge and the chance : the colonisation and settlement of north west Australia 1861-1914 / by K. Forrest

Published Victoria Park, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1996

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W'PONDS	994.1303 For/Cat		AVAILABLE

Description xiv, 348 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 26 cm regular print Series Aboriginal studies series ; no. 9 Aboriginal studies series ; no. 9 Contents The queen's mandate re aborigines, March 5, 1861 -- The early years. The forerunners 1622-1843 -- Pioneers to Tien Tsin 1861-1866 -- Shattered expectations 1863-1865 -- Fiasco at Camden Harbour 1863-1865 -- Settled at last 1865-1866 -- Changing relationships 1866 -- The great bushman 1866-1868 -- Tragedy and hardship 1867 -- A new kaleidoscope 1866-1869 -- The hazards of travel 1867-1868 -- A wave of violence 1867-1868 -- The Ashburton Station 1868-1870 -- Defending the Ashburton 1869-1870 -- After the conflict - the 1870s -- Colonial days. Weld versus the colonists 1869-1872 -- A dangerous period 1872 -- Exploration 1868-1878 -- Journalists and victims 1870-1874 -- Savage seas - the 1870's -- The great cattle drive 1874-1875 -- Cyclones and facilities 1876-1881 -- Ashburton pioneers 1878-1884 -- Harsh judgements 1880-1886 -- Love's labour lost 1885-1895 -- Robert John Sholl 1865-1881 -- Divisions of power 1881-1885 --Slave traffic 1880-1884 -- A high price 1881-1885 -- The overland telegraph 1882-1885 -- Lt. Colonel Angelo, R.M. 1883-1886 -- For the honour of the flag, 1886-1902 -- The road to responsibility. The last adversaries 1887-1892 -- A dangerous field 1888-1905 -- The goldfields police 1890-1904 -- The last explorers 1895-1896 -- Rainless years 1890-1914 -- Yannarie to the Robe 1881-1912 -- The stations upriver 1879-1910 -- Minderoo and its people 1890-1909 -- Coastal shipping 1887-1917 -- The Nor' West Cape 1889-1914 -- Surrendering a concept 1886-1897 -- A bit between the teeth 1890-1900 -- The liberty of the native 1900-1914 -- Period of change 1897 -- The great achievers 1897-1913 -- Men of bold design 1900-1913 Summary Focuses on black-white relationships and the changing attitudes and moralities of white Australians when they too became indigenous Notes Errata details: p. ix Includes indexes Map on p. (iii) Bibliography Bibliography: pages [323]-330 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia, Northwest -- History Western Australia -- Colonization. Western Australia -- History -- 1851-1901 Western Australia, Northwest -- Discovery and exploration Western Australia, Northwest -- History ISBN 0859052176

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