The first people thrived on the New England Tableland since the first sunrise. But in the 1830s, squatters began invading the region with their plagues of livestock. Colonisation plunged Aboriginal society into utter chaos, driving us off our lands and decimating the traditional way of life. Our people's remarkable history of resistance and survival has faded into obscurity. It is their story which this book sets out to reclaim, co-opting the colonial archive and subverting the colonial narrative, deconstructing their story in order to uncover our own.

Authors are Peter FitzSimons (long description of events, drawing upon previous authors), SMH editorial writer, Jordan Baker (First Nations view), Mark Tedeschi (the work of Justice Plunkett), Brooke Boney (descendant), Lyndall Ryan (massacre mapping project), Linda Burney (Minister). The SMH notes how the paper at the time added to the rancid atmosphere around the massacre. Illustration credit (Wikimedia Commons): ReColouration of Myall Creek Massacre scene from 177 year old lithograph - "Australian Aborigines Slaughtered by Convicts, by Phiz, The Book of Remarkable Trials, 1840; Chronicles of Crime V. II, 1841." for a Gamilaraay Surviving Descendants community education project. (Creative Commons)

A comprehensive military history of frontier conflict in Australia. Covering the first 50 years of British occupation, it examines in detail how both sides fought on the frontier and how Aborigines developed a form of warfare differing from tradition.

Rachel Perkins journeys across the country to explore the bloody battles fought on Australian soil and the war that established the Australian nation, seeking to change the narrative of the nation.

In 1840, Brisbane was the furthest outpost of settled Australia. Over the next few years, pastoralists poured in. The violence that erupted welded many of the tribal groups into an alliance that, by 1842, was working to halt the advance. The Battle of One Tree Hill tells the story of one of the most audacious stands against this migration.

Between 1825 and 1831 close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania's Black War. It was by far the most intense frontier conflict in Australia's history, yet many Australians know little about it. This book takes a unique approach to this historic event, looking chiefly at the experiences and attitudes of those who took part.