Baal Belbora: The End of the Dancing. The Massacre of a Peaceful People.

by Geoffrey Blomfield

0909188904 9780909188900

b/w photos; "The Agony of the British Invasion of the Ancient People of the Three Rivers: The Hastings, the Manning and the Macleay, in New South Wales"

Genres: History

151 pages

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Velvetink]

a history of white settlement and the eviction of the Aborigines on the North Coast of NSW, Australia.

The book is mentioned in the documentary film "A Northern Town" 2008 directed by Rachel Landers, and set in Kempsey.

"The more I researched, Kempsey became a kind of ground zero for all that had occurred between black and white Australia from settlement onwards."—Rachel Landers about A Northern Town.

A Northern Town is the story of racism in Kempsey, a town in New South Wales. This powerful documentary explores the troubled history of the town, from a horrific massacre of Aboriginal people in 1838, to the brutal Kinchela Aboriginal boys' home—where many of the boys, snatched from their families, were abused and raped.

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[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well researched, conservative on assumptions, truth telling which every Australian must hear and acknowledge. After reading the accounts in this book I cannot travel through that part of our country and not feel the deep sense of sorrow and shame that the descendants of these accounts must carry with them daily. Powerful stuff. Thank you Geoffrey Blomfield for an extraordinary work.

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the first truth telling books. Well researched, well written.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots to think about ... and feel horrified about.

[Janice Forbes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was deeply affected by this book, and remain so.