Fatal Collisions: The South Australian frontier and the violence of memory Contributor(s): Foster, Robert (Author), Hosking, Rick (Author), Nettelbeck, Amanda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1862545332 ISBN-13: 9781862545335 Publisher: Wakefield Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 994 |
LCCN: 2002327050 |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.51 lbs) 184 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Australian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1849, James Brown, a South Australian pastoralist, was charged with shooting dead nine Aboriginal people. Unable to find witnesses, the crown was forced to drop the case even though the magistrate was convinced of his guilt. Two generations later, a glowing biography of Brown's life noted merely that he was involved in a charge of poisoning an Aboriginal man, but emerged from the trial with a clean slate. Why had the story changed so much: from shooting to poisoning, from nine victims to one, from evading trial to being found innocent? What forces were at play in reshaping the memory of this event? |