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The Untold Truth Of British Colonisation | Baron Nigel Biggar
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3:34Now PlayingIn this historical clip, Baron Nigel Biggar explains why Australia’s settlement must be understood in its global context, noting how British egalitarian culture helped shape one of the world’s greatest modern societies.
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Baron Nigel Biggar CBE is Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, author and theologian. His most recent books are Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (William Collins, 2023) and What’s Wrong with Rights? (Oxford University Press, 2020).
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Reference list:
Geoffrey Blainey, The Story of Australia's People, vol.1 (Great general information on Indigenous culture and practices. The best place to start.)
Manning Clark, Select Documents in Australian History, vol.1. Early documents on BritishAboriginal interactions.
Keith Windschuttle, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, vols.1 and 3. Very informative on the fate of Tasmanian Aborigines (vol.1), and an exhaustive account of the "stolen generations".
Ron Brunton, Betraying the VictimsThe 'Stolen Generations Report'. Outlines the many methodological flaws on the Report. Available here
Watkin Tench Diary (many editions with many titles).
David Collins, An Account of the English Colony in NSW (1804).
William Hughes, The Australian Colonies (1852). Excerpts available here
William Buckley (escaped convict, lived among Aborigines for 32 years), Life and Adventures of William Buckley (many editions).
George Wathen, The Golden Colony (1855).
William Westgarth, AustraliaIts Rise, Progress, and Present Condition (1861).
Brough Smyth, The Aborigines of Victoria (1878).
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