{"product_id":"2026100008979-secondhand-a-nest-of-hornets-the-massacre-of-the-fraser-family-at-hornet-bank-station-central-queensland-1857-and-related-events","title":"A Nest Of Hornets: The Massacre Of The Fraser Family At Hornet Bank Station, Central Queensland, 1857, And Related Events","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the remote pastoral heartland of Central Queensland, a night of savage violence in October 1857 shook the fragile colonial frontier to its core — A Nest of Hornets chronicles one of the most shocking episodes in Australian history: the brutal massacre of the Fraser family at Hornet Bank Station by a group of Jiman Aboriginal men, and the devastating reprisals that followed. Gordon Reid reconstructs the events with meticulous historical rigour, drawing on primary sources, colonial records, and firsthand accounts to piece together a tragedy born of dispossession, cultural collision, and the volatile tensions that defined the Queensland frontier.\n\nReid's work stands as a landmark in Australian frontier history, unflinching in its examination of both the violence perpetrated against the settlers and the catastrophic retribution visited upon the Jiman people in the weeks and months that followed. The narrative illuminates the brutal mechanics of colonial expansion, where the rule of law was routinely supplanted by vengeance, and where entire communities bore the cost of conflict they did not choose. Scholarly yet compellingly readable, this account forces the reader to confront the full, uncomfortable complexity of Australia's colonial past — leaving one to wonder how many such stories remain buried beneath the silence of the frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336815157467,"sku":"2026100008979-SECONDHAND","price":95.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/52440556-b864-4a1b-9894-9867e21cc99e.png?v=1789958638","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008979-secondhand-a-nest-of-hornets-the-massacre-of-the-fraser-family-at-hornet-bank-station-central-queensland-1857-and-related-events","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}