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This provocative work grapples with some of the most difficult issues in Aboriginal history, showing how they raise fundamental concerns about the nature of historical knowledge, truth, and authority. Discussions of such controversial questions as How many Aboriginal people were killed in frontier conflict and was it genocide? Was there ever a massacre at Risdon Cove in Tasmania? and Does Aboriginal oral history count as real history? attempt to shed some light an Australia's historical make-up. One of Australia's leading Aboriginal historians takes us to the heart of the'history war'over our Aboriginal past. Bain Attwood argues that controversy over interpretations of our Aboriginal past has never been so intense, and never mattered more.'Lucid, restrained, persuasive. If there is such a thing as the history wars, then Bain Attwood has struck a major blow for the peace process. Telling the Truth About Aboriginal History is unflinchingly fair, scholarly, and refreshingly accessible.'Hugh Mackay, social researcher and author'Genuinely good Australian history is under serious attack and Attwood's book is a brilliant battlefield analysis.'Alan Atkinson, Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow'Hard-hitting but always thoughtful, Bain Attwood's rich, informed, and powerful book. has much to say about the centrality of history and memory to debates on the future of social justice in democratic societies.'Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of ChicagoOnce upon a time historical controversies were debated among a small circle of academic historians. Today they are the subject of intense'history wars'fought out in parliament, court rooms, museums, newspapers, cafes and blog sites. Bain Attwood takes us to the heart of the conflict about the Aboriginal past in Australia. He tracks the growing popularity of history and weighs the consequences for the nature of historical knowledge and the authority of the historian. He asks why and how Aboriginal history has become central to Australian politics, culture and identity. He examines the work of historical'revisionists'and tests their promise of historical truth. Finally, Attwood ponders how the traumatic history of frontier conflict might better be remembered - and mourned - and why telling the truth about history matters for the nation and for all of us. Title page......Page 3 Contents......Page 5 Illustrations (deleted due to copyright restrictions)......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 Part I Present......Page 17 1 Nation......Page 19 2 Democracy......Page 44 3 Politics......Page 68 Part II Past......Page 93 4 Genocide......Page 95 5 War......Page 114 6 Law......Page 132 7 Culture......Page 144 Part III Future......Page 163 8 History......Page 165 9 Memory......Page 178 10 Truth and Recognition......Page 192 Acknowledgments......Page 205 Notes......Page 206 Index......Page 267 Publisher description: This provocative work grapples with some of the most difficult issues in Aboriginal history, showing how they raise fundamental concerns about the nature of historical knowledge, truth, and authority. Discussions of such controversial questions as How many Aboriginal people were killed in frontier conflict and was it genocide? Was there ever a massacre at Risdon Cove in Tasmania? and Does Aboriginal oral history count as real history? Attempt to shed some light on Australia's historical make-up One of Australia's leading Aboriginal historians takes us to the heart of the - history war - over our Aboriginal past. Bain Attwood argues that controversy over interpretations of our Aboriginal past has never been so intense, and never mattered more