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The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.20 — 203 ratings — published 1981
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Dark Emu Dark Emu (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.26 — 16,605 ratings — published 2014
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Talking to My Country Talking to My Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,306 ratings — published 2016
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Forgotten War Forgotten War (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.24 — 307 ratings — published 2022
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Australia Day Australia Day (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,784 ratings — published 2019
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Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,170 ratings — published 2018
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Dancing with Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact Dancing with Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.07 — 273 ratings — published 2005
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The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 779 ratings — published 2011
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Because a white man'll never do it Because a white man'll never do it (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 88 ratings — published 1973
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My Place (An Australian Classic) My Place (An Australian Classic)
by (shelved 2 times as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,937 ratings — published 1987
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.26 — 75,606 ratings — published 2024
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Berries: A Global History (Edible) Berries: A Global History (Edible)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.69 — 26 ratings — published 2018
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Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices from Nineteenth-Century Canada Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices from Nineteenth-Century Canada (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 13 ratings — published 2013
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There Is No Place for Sympathy Here: The Belcher Islands Murder Trials There Is No Place for Sympathy Here: The Belcher Islands Murder Trials (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (Massinahigan Series: Brief Accounts of Early Native America, 2) Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (Massinahigan Series: Brief Accounts of Early Native America, 2)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.59 — 17 ratings — published 2004
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Invading Paradise: Esopus Settlers at War with Natives, 1659, 1663 Invading Paradise: Esopus Settlers at War with Natives, 1659, 1663 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published
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From massacres to mining: The colonization of Aboriginal Australia From massacres to mining: The colonization of Aboriginal Australia (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1978
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Race Relations in Colonial Queensland: A History of Exclusion, Exploitation, and Extermination (Uqp Paperbacks) Race Relations in Colonial Queensland: A History of Exclusion, Exploitation, and Extermination (Uqp Paperbacks)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 2.80 — 5 ratings — published 1988
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Where's All the Community?: Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited Where's All the Community?: Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published
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Colonial Adventure Colonial Adventure (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 2.33 — 3 ratings — published
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The Squatters: The story of Australia's pastoral pioneers The Squatters: The story of Australia's pastoral pioneers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 54 ratings — published
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1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 326 ratings — published 2011
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First Footprints: The Epic Story of the First Australians First Footprints: The Epic Story of the First Australians (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.24 — 103 ratings — published 2013
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Terraglossia Terraglossia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.26 — 38 ratings — published
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A Son of the Fur Trade: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant A Son of the Fur Trade: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.62 — 8 ratings — published 2004
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From Homeland to New Land: A History of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830 (The Iroquoians and Their World) From Homeland to New Land: A History of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830 (The Iroquoians and Their World)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2013
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Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the Nineteenth Century Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 1996
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The Fur Trader: From Oslo to Oxford House The Fur Trader: From Oslo to Oxford House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 2022
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The Falcon (Penguin Classics) The Falcon (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.78 — 224 ratings — published 1965
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Lake Superior to Rainy Lake: Three Centuries of Fur Trade History Lake Superior to Rainy Lake: Three Centuries of Fur Trade History (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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Civilizing the Wilderness: Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada and Rupert’s Land Civilizing the Wilderness: Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada and Rupert’s Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 2011
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Indian Horse Indian Horse (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.40 — 36,176 ratings — published 2012
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Swift Runner Swift Runner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.00 — 8 ratings — published 1984
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In Search of Almighty Voice: Resistance and Reconciliation In Search of Almighty Voice: Resistance and Reconciliation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 22 ratings — published
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Almighty Voice and His Wife Almighty Voice and His Wife (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.35 — 139 ratings — published 2001
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Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 26 ratings — published 2020
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The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1) The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.04 — 13,513 ratings — published 1999
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Year 501: The Conquest Continues Year 501: The Conquest Continues (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 755 ratings — published 1992
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Dying from Improvement: Inquests and Inquiries into Indigenous Deaths in Custody Dying from Improvement: Inquests and Inquiries into Indigenous Deaths in Custody (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.43 — 28 ratings — published
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Assembling Unity: Indigenous Politics, Gender, and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (Women and Indigenous Studies) Assembling Unity: Indigenous Politics, Gender, and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (Women and Indigenous Studies)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 19 ratings — published
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When Disease Came to This Country: Epidemics and Colonialism in Northern North America (Global Health Histories) When Disease Came to This Country: Epidemics and Colonialism in Northern North America (Global Health Histories)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923 Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 29 ratings — published 2002
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Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 39 ratings — published
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The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal People The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal People (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 173 ratings — published 2006
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Aztecs: An Interpretation Aztecs: An Interpretation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 261 ratings — published 1991
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Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories (Nature | History | Society) Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories (Nature | History | Society)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 22 ratings — published 2007
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The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment (Indigenous Studies) The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment (Indigenous Studies)
by (shelved 1 time as aboriginal-history)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2013
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“As a further insult by the white invaders, an act of goodwill in the form of an annual distribution of blankets to the Aboriginal people occurred on Queen Victoria's birthday. The Illustrated Melbourne Post of 20 August 1861, page 9, described this event as, ‘a sorry return for millions of acres of fertile land of which we have deprived them. But they are grateful for small things and the scanty supply of food and raiment doled out to this miserable remnant of a once numerous people, is received by them with the most lively gratitude’.”
Doris Pilkington, Rabbit-Proof Fence

“Traces of the Fremantle camps are hard to find in the port and tourist city today. I hope that these stories will help to preserve their memory and encourage residents and visitors to see these places through new eyes.”
Denise Cook, That Was My Home: Voices from the Noongar Camps in Fremantle and the Western Suburbs

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