'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)
This work includes:
Introduction - Robert Manne
Overview Fantasy Island - James Boyce
In general The Character of the Nation - Martin Krygier & Robert van Krieken
Terra Nullius Reborn - Henry Reynolds
Re-Inventing Social Education - Shayne Breen
History and the Nation - Marilyn Lake
Telling Us True - Greg Lehman
In Particular Windschuttle's Debut - Neville Green
Mistake Creek - Cathie Clement
Statement of Peggy Patrick Risdon Cove - Phillip Tardif
John Glover's 'Mount Welington' - David Hansen
Who Is the Fabricator? - Lyndall Ryan
Robinson and Robertson - Cassandra Pybus
Cape Grim - Ian McFarlane
Counting the Cost of the 'Nun's Picnic' - Mark Finnane
Archaeology and History - Tim Murray & Christine Williamson
In Conclusion Revisionism & Denial - A. Dirk Moses
