Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's Frontier Killing Times

by Timothy Bottoms and Raymond Evans

The Queensland frontier was more violent than any other Australian colony. Starting with the penal settlement of Moreton Bay in 1824, as white pastoralists moved into new parts of country, violence invariably followed. Over 50,000 Aboriginals were killed on the Queensland frontier, a quarter of the original population. Europeans were killed too, but not in anything like the same numbers. The numbers are truly horrifying, but why isn't this common...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1743313829
• ISBN13: 9781743313824
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"