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Possession : Batman's treaty and the matter of history
Bain Attwood with Helen Doyle
Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press, 2009
ISBN: 9780522851144
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Book description
Possession : Batman's treaty and the matter of history
tells the fascinating story of the only treaties ever made in Australia.
It contemplates why these agreements were forged, how the Aboriginal people
understood their terms, why government repudiated them, and how settlers
claimed to be the rightful owners of the land.
Bain Attwood also reveals the ways in which the settler society has
endeavoured to make good its act of possession - by repeatedly creating
histories that have recalled or repressed the memory of Batman, the
treaties, and the Aborigines' destruction and dispossession - and charts how
Aboriginal people have unsettled this matter of history through their
remembering.
About the author
Bain Attwood is a leading scholar in the field of
cross-cultural history. He is professor in the School of
Historical Studies, Monash University, and adjunct professor in the
Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, the Australian National University.
Dr Helen Doyle is also from the School of Historical Studies,
Faculty of Arts, Monash University.
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