{"product_id":"9780522857269","title":"First Australians","description":"Author: Rachel Perkins\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780522857269\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Melbourne University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 312 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Australians\u003c\/i\u003e is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nSeven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals-both black and white-caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nTheir story begins in 1788 in Warrane, now known as Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishman, Governor Phillip, and the kidnapped warrior Bennelong. It ends in 1992 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\nBy illuminating a handful of extraordinary lives spanning two centuries, \u003ci\u003eFirst Australians\u003c\/i\u003e reveals, through their eyes, the events that shaped a new nation. \u003cbr\u003e\n\nNote: This is the unillustrated version of\u003ci\u003e First Australians\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47901057810590,"sku":"ING-9780522857269","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780522857269.jpg?v=1782352856","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780522857269","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}