Pemulwuy: The Battle For Sydney

by Eric Willmot

' The Battle For Sydney' is the story of the extraordinary, gruesome and heart-wrenching war that raged from 1788 until 1802 from first contact between Australian Aboriginals and Europeans. ' The Battle for Sydney' is the story of a man who became a legend as he led an impossible war against a savage enemy determined to conquer a new land – the story of Australia’s first patriot. Dr. Eric Willmot AM, a remarkable storyteller and Aboriginal leader, reveals the untold history of early Sydney and the superhuman plight to protect the land and culture of the Eora people. This is a revised edition of Eric Willmot's best-selling novel ' The Rainbow Warrior'.

- “Eric Willmot, already a distinguished Australian, here takes us with authority into the vanished and fantastic planet of the Sydney tribes.”
Thomas Keneally

- “We non-Aboriginal Australians must never forget the dispossession, the ridicule, the indignity, the exclusion, the separation and the injustice we have inflicted on the first Australians”.
The Hon. Paul Keating

- “A great Aboriginal warrior by the name of Pemulwuy became a devastating resistance leader, rallying his people.”
Peter FitzSimons

300 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 27, 2013

Reviews

[Alex Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think Pemulwuy is a must-read for all Australians. Even though I knew the ultimate ending, it came quickly and with a shock that had me questioning what could have been.