Warrior: a legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier
Authored book
Book Title | Warrior: a legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier |
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Book Category | Authored book |
ERA Publisher ID | 1092 |
Authors | |
Author | Connors, Libby |
Number of Pages | 280 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISBN | 9781760110482 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781760110482 |
Abstract | In the 1840s, white settlement in the north was under attack. European settlers were in awe of Aboriginal physical fitness and fighting prowess, and a series of deadly raids on homesteads made even the townspeople of Brisbane anxious. Young warrior Dundalli was renowned for his size and strength, and his elders gave him the task of leading the resistance against the Europeans' ever increasing incursions on their traditional lands. Their response was embedded in Aboriginal law and Dundalli became one of their greatest lawmen. With his band of warriors, he had the settlers in thrall for twelve years, evading capture again and again, until he was finally arrested and publicly executed. Warrior is a fresh and compelling portrait of life in the early days of white settlement of Brisbane and south east Queensland. |
Keywords | Dundalli, Aboriginal Australians, Queensland colonization history |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 489999. Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified |
450107. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history | |
430302. Australian history | |
Public Notes | call no. 994.30049915 Con. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2z1q/warrior-a-legendary-leader-s-dramatic-life-and-violent-death-on-the-colonial-frontier
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