Killing for Country: A Family Story
winner of the 2024 indie book of the year award
$38.41
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2023
Summary
Killing for Country: Unearthing Australia’s Frontier Wars
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia’s frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result - a soul-searching Australian history.
This is a richly detailed saga of politics and power in the colonial world - of land seized, fortunes made and lost, and the violence let …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760642730 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760642738 |
| Author: | David Marr |
| Publisher: | Black Inc. |
| Imprint: | Black Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 630g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 154mm x 39mm |
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Critics Review
“This book is more than a personal reckoning with Marr’s forebears and their crimes. It is an account of an Australian war fought here in our own country, with names, dates, crimes, body counts and the ghastly, remorseless views of the ‘settlers’. Thank you, David.”-Marcia Langton
About The Author
David Marr
David Marr has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian and The Monthly, and has served as editor of The National Times, reporter for Four Corners and presenter of ABC TV’s Media Watch. His books include Patrick White- A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson), Panic and six bestselling Quarterly Essays- His Master’s Voice, Power Trip, Political Animal, The Prince, Faction Man and The White Queen. His most recent book is My Country.
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