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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 The Fabrication of Aboriginal History : Vol. 1, Van Dieman's Land 1803-1847
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'This is the first volume in a series that re-appraises the now widely accepted story about conflict between colonists and Aborigines in Australian history. Beginning in Tasmania, and eventually covering the whole of the Australian mainland, the volumes find that the academic historians of the last thirty years have greatly exaggerated the degree of violence that occurred.' (Source: Publishers website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Macleay Press , 2002 .
      image of person or book cover 3275236076778030871.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 472p.
      Description: illus., maps
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography and index.
      ISBN: 1876492058
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Macleay Press , 2005 .
      Extent: 472p.
      Description: illus. (some col.), maps and ports.
      Reprinted: 2005 Reprinted with corrections and revisions
      Note/s:
      • First published in 2002.
      • Includes bibliography and index.
      ISBN: 1876492058

Works about this Work

The Return of the Silenced : Aboriginal Art as a Flagship of New Australian Identity Elżbieta Wilczyńska , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Anglica : An International Journal of English Studies , vol. 28 no. 3 2019; (p. 71-84)

'The paper examines the presence of Aboriginal art, its contact with colonial and federation Australian art to prove that silencing of this art from the official identity narrative and art histories also served elimination of Aboriginal people from national and identity discourse. It posits then that the recently observed acceptance and popularity as well as incorporation of Aboriginal art into the national Australian art and art histories of Australian art may be interpreted as a sign of indigenizing state nationalism and multicultural national identity of Australia in compliance with the definition of identity according to Anthony B. Smith.' (Publication abstract)

Recognition? in Your Dreams Rowan Dean , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 April 2015; (p. 20-21)
'What is a declaration of Indigenous recognition hoping to declare asks Rowan Dean...'
The History Wars Robert Manne , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 51 2009; (p. 79)
'Paul Keating and John Howard were early players in what Australians have come to call the History Wars, whose main field of battle is the bitter and still unresolved cultural struggle over the nature of the Indigenous dispossession and the place it should assume in Australian self-understanding.'
y separately published work icon Whitewash Whitewash : On Keith Windschuttle’s Fabrication of Aboriginal History Robert Manne (editor), Melbourne : 2003 9256859 2003 anthology criticism

'In December 2002, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, Volume One by Keith Windschuttle was published. It argued that violence between whites and Aborigines in colonial Tasmania had been vastly exaggerated and sought to rewrite one of the most troubling parts of Australian history. The book soon attracted widespread coverage, including both high praise and heated criticism.'

'Until now, Windschuttle's arguments have not been comprehensively examined. Whitewash collects some of Australia's leading writers on Aboriginal history to do just this. The result provides not only a demolition of Windschuttle's revisionism but also a vivid and illuminating history of one of the most famous and tragic episodes in the history of the British Empire - the dispossession of the Tasmanian Aborigines.' (Source: Publisher's website)

Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History: A View from the Other Side Victoria L. Grieves , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Labour History , November no. 85 2003; (p. 194-199)

'The responsibility attached to the writing of Indigenous Australians’ histories is immense: no other history has the potential to impact on the present and the future and excite contention and debate to such a high degree. For myself, I approach the task with some misgiving as the fallout can be resounding – my research interest,Indigenous family history with the reality of mixed race marriages and liaisons, is a potential minefield ... ' (Introduction)

Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History: A View from the Other Side Victoria L. Grieves , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Labour History , November no. 85 2003; (p. 194-199)

'The responsibility attached to the writing of Indigenous Australians’ histories is immense: no other history has the potential to impact on the present and the future and excite contention and debate to such a high degree. For myself, I approach the task with some misgiving as the fallout can be resounding – my research interest,Indigenous family history with the reality of mixed race marriages and liaisons, is a potential minefield ... ' (Introduction)

Recognition? in Your Dreams Rowan Dean , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 April 2015; (p. 20-21)
'What is a declaration of Indigenous recognition hoping to declare asks Rowan Dean...'
The History Wars Robert Manne , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 51 2009; (p. 79)
'Paul Keating and John Howard were early players in what Australians have come to call the History Wars, whose main field of battle is the bitter and still unresolved cultural struggle over the nature of the Indigenous dispossession and the place it should assume in Australian self-understanding.'
y separately published work icon Whitewash Whitewash : On Keith Windschuttle’s Fabrication of Aboriginal History Robert Manne (editor), Melbourne : 2003 9256859 2003 anthology criticism

'In December 2002, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, Volume One by Keith Windschuttle was published. It argued that violence between whites and Aborigines in colonial Tasmania had been vastly exaggerated and sought to rewrite one of the most troubling parts of Australian history. The book soon attracted widespread coverage, including both high praise and heated criticism.'

'Until now, Windschuttle's arguments have not been comprehensively examined. Whitewash collects some of Australia's leading writers on Aboriginal history to do just this. The result provides not only a demolition of Windschuttle's revisionism but also a vivid and illuminating history of one of the most famous and tragic episodes in the history of the British Empire - the dispossession of the Tasmanian Aborigines.' (Source: Publisher's website)

The Return of the Silenced : Aboriginal Art as a Flagship of New Australian Identity Elżbieta Wilczyńska , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Anglica : An International Journal of English Studies , vol. 28 no. 3 2019; (p. 71-84)

'The paper examines the presence of Aboriginal art, its contact with colonial and federation Australian art to prove that silencing of this art from the official identity narrative and art histories also served elimination of Aboriginal people from national and identity discourse. It posits then that the recently observed acceptance and popularity as well as incorporation of Aboriginal art into the national Australian art and art histories of Australian art may be interpreted as a sign of indigenizing state nationalism and multicultural national identity of Australia in compliance with the definition of identity according to Anthony B. Smith.' (Publication abstract)

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