Aboriginal-Colonial Exchanges in New South Wales, 1800-1835: When the Strangers Came to Stay

In Aboriginal-Colonial Exchanges in New South Wales, 1800-1835, Annemarie McLaren re-tells key elements of the foundational story of Australia: the meeting between Indigenous people and colonists and the entangled world that resulted. She does so through a nuanced and peopled narrative account that is novel in its focus on tracing objects and its deep readings of people and episodes. With fresh attention on Indigenous perspectives, its claims about the extent of diplomacy and negotiation, a...