Book, Alastair H Campbell, John Batman and the Aborigines, 1987

Physical description

A comprehensive account of John Batman's life. This is a broad social history of the life and contentions of the original Port Phillip settlement. It includes relations between the European colonists and the Aboriginal population. It shows how the initial Aboriginal policy lay the ground for the near genocide of Port Phillip's original inhabitants.

Inscriptions & markings

maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs

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