Killing for country : a family story / [written and] read by David Marr.
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SoundPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2024]Copyright date: ℗2024Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 11 CDs (13 hr., 36 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in containerContent type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781038670878Subject(s): Marr, David, -- Family | Uhr, Edmund Blucher, 1814-1874 | Uhr, Wentworth D'Arcy, 1845-1907 | Queensland Native Police Force -- History -- 19th century | Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations -- 19th century | Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History -- 19th century | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- History -- 19th century | Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- History -- 19th century | Land settlement -- Australia -- History | Police -- New South Wales -- Biography | Police -- Queensland -- Biography | Australia -- Colonization -- History | Australia -- History -- 19th century | Australia -- Race relations -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Audiobooks. | Biographies. | Family histories. DDC classification: 994.02 Read by the author.Summary: A gripping reckoning with the frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result - a soul-searching Australian history. This is a richly detailed saga of politics and power in the colonial world - of land seized, fortunes made and lost, and the violence let loose as squatters and their allies fought for possession of the country - a war still unresolved in today's Australia.
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| wnor- audio | Northam Northam General Stacks | 994 .02 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111088091838 |
A gripping reckoning with the frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result - a soul-searching Australian history. This is a richly detailed saga of politics and power in the colonial world - of land seized, fortunes made and lost, and the violence let loose as squatters and their allies fought for possession of the country - a war still unresolved in today's Australia.
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