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Reassuring "White Australia": a Review of The Fabrication of Aboriginal History: Volume One, Van Diemen's Land 1803-1847.(Book Review)

From: Journal of Social History  |  Date: 12/22/2003  |  Author: Smithers, Gregory D.B.

"Reassuring 'White Australia': A Review of The Fabrication of Aboriginal History: Volume One, Van Diemen's Land 1803-1847. By Kevin Windschuttle (Sydney: Macleay Press, 2002) is a review essay that assesses Keith Windschuttle's latest book in light of historical scholarship of Australian Aborigines over the last thirty years. The essay critiques both Windshuttle's methodology and his historical analysis, concluding that Windschuttle's book conforms to the prejudices of those on the right in ...

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