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Book

Author
McKenna, Mark
Title
From the edge: Australia's lost histories
Imprint
The Miegunyah Press (University of Melbourne Publishing Ltd), Melbourne, 2016, xx, 251 pp
ISBN/ISSN
9780522862591
Description

From the publisher (2023): "In From the Edge, award-winning historian Mark McKenna uncovers the places and histories that Australians so often fail to see. Like the largely forgotten story of the sailors' walk in 1797, these remarkable histories - the founding of a 'new Singapore' in West Arnhem Land in the 1840s, the site of Australia's largest industrial development project in the Pilbara and its extraordinary Indigenous rock art, and James Cook's meeting with Aboriginal people at Cooktown in 1770-lie on the edge of the continent and the edge of national consciousness. Retracing their steps, McKenna explores the central drama of Australian history: the encounter between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians - each altered irrevocably by the other - and offers a new understanding of the country and its people."

Abstract

Chapters:
Introduction - Eyeing the Country
1. Walking the Edge: South-East Australia, 1797 pp. 1-63
2. 'Worlds End': Port Essington, Cobourg Peninsula, West Arnhem Land pp. 64-109
3. 'Hip Bone Sticking Out": Murujuga and the legacy of the Pilbara frontier pp. 110-162
4. On Grassy Hill: Gangaar (Cooktown), North Queensland pp. 163 - 212
Notes pp. 213-240
Acknowledgements pp. 241-243
Index pp. 244-251

People

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This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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