{"product_id":"2026100008888-secondhand-aborigines-in-colonial-victoria-1835-86-signed","title":"Aborigines In Colonial Victoria 1835-86 (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed with inscription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadow of colonial expansion, Aborigines in Colonial Victoria 1835–86 presents a rigorous and unflinching account of the catastrophic encounter between European settlers and the Indigenous peoples of Victoria across five decades of transformative and often brutal history. M. F. Christie chronicles the systematic dispossession, cultural disruption, and political marginalisation endured by Aboriginal communities as the colony of Victoria took shape, drawing on a wealth of historical records to reconstruct lives and policies that mainstream histories have long overlooked. The work details the mechanisms of colonial governance — from the establishment of protectorates to the operations of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines — illuminating how institutional power shaped and constrained Indigenous existence.\n\nChristie writes with scholarly precision and moral seriousness, situating the Victorian experience within the broader framework of British colonial ideology and its devastating human consequences. The result is an indispensable work of Australian social and political history that argues, implicitly but powerfully, for the centrality of Aboriginal experience in any honest reckoning with the nation's past. For readers seeking to understand how a continent was remade and at what cost, this volume offers answers that are as sobering as they are essential.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336812732635,"sku":"2026100008888-SECONDHAND","price":140.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e0b256f9-7ecf-41f2-9c9f-c5e1b737464f.png?v=1789958497","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008888-secondhand-aborigines-in-colonial-victoria-1835-86-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}