Cry for the Dead, The

AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS

Judith Wright was an Australian national treasure. In The Cry for the Dead, she creates a harrowing evocation of the difficulties faced by the early settlers and the suffering of Australia’s Indigenous people.
Previously published: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1981.
viii, 332 p. : maps ; 21 cm. Bibliography: p. [313]-316. #230623
Aboriginal Australians — History. | Squatters — Australia. | Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – 1901- | Yangga people (E52) (Qld SF55-07) | Gangulu / Kanolu people (E40) (Qld SG56-01) | Wadja / Wadjigu people (E39) (Qld SG55-04) | Occupations – Pastoral industry workers. | Settlement and contacts – Settlers. | Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi people (D23) (NSW SH55-12) | Law enforcement – Police – Native police. | Yiman people (E31) (Qld SG55-08) | Economic sectors – Agriculture and horticulture – Pastoral industry. | Australia — History — 1788-1900. | Australia — History — 1901-1922. | Australia — Colonization — History. | Queensland (Qld) | Namoi River (N NSW SH55-12, SH56-09) | Dawson River (SW Qld SG55, SG56) | New South Wales (NSW