Hidden in plain view: the aboriginal people of coastal Sydney

Description

Introduction -- A gap in place and time -- 1. Surviving the early colony (1788-1820s) -- 2. Living to fish (1830s-1840s) -- 3. Cross-cultural relationships (1790s-1840s) -- 4. Entangled lives (1850s-1870s) -- 5. Strangers in their own land (1850s-1870s) -- 6. Intervention (1870s-1880s) -- 7. New links and old ways (1890s-1930s) -- Epilogue: In plain view.;"Contrary to what you may think, local Aboriginal people did not lose their culture and die out within decades of Governor Phillip's arrival in Sydney in 1788. Aboriginal people are prominent in accounts of early colonial Sydney, yet we seem to skip a century as they disappear from the historical record, re-emerging early in the twentieth century. What happened to Sydney's indigenous people between the devastating impact of white settlement and increased government intervention a century later? Hidden in Plain View shows that Aboriginal people did not disappear. They may have been ignored in colonial narratives but maintained a strong bond with the coast and its resources and tried to live on their own terms."--Publisher description. Introduction -- A gap in place and time -- 1. Surviving the early colony (1788-1820s) -- 2. Living to fish (1830s-1840s) -- 3. Cross-cultural relationships (1790s-1840s) -- 4. Entangled lives (1850s-1870s) -- 5. Strangers in their own land (1850s-1870s) -- 6. Intervention (1870s-1880s) -- 7. New links and old ways (1890s-1930s) -- Epilogue: In plain view.