Triumph of the Nomads: A History of Aboriginal Australia (1976 and later revised editions sub-titled A History of Ancient Australia)

A startling reassessment of the Aborigines in early Australia. Rather than being prisoners in a hostile continent, the Aborigines were a successful race - triumphant in their discovery of the land, triumphant in their adaptation to it, and in their mastery of its contrasting climates, seasons and resources.