Mrs.Cicero Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I need some help! I'm looking for a good history of Australia BEFORE the arrival of the Brits. Basically, a history of the Aborigines. We have all kinds of history books of the different Native Tribes here, there HAS to be something like that for Australia, but I can't find a damn thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even a good tv documentary would help. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G19Tony Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 G’day. I’ve got nothing else. Just wanted to say G’day to a nice sheila. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxterriermom Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 The dingo may have eaten the book. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G19Tony Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Foxterriermom said: The dingo may have eaten the book. G’day to you, too! ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 That's the problem with oral history cultures - books are hard to find. You would think though that there would have been Europeans who translated the oral histories to books, as happened in North America. Then again, as everyone knows, Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so therefore they would not wish to write down their history, which people could then read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: I need some help! I'm looking for a good history of Australia BEFORE the arrival of the Brits. Basically, a history of the Aborigines. We have all kinds of history books of the different Native Tribes here, there HAS to be something like that for Australia, but I can't find a damn thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even a good tv documentary would help. Thanks! I googled, "Australian aboriginal history books" and got this: https://www.google.com/search?ei=7GgqXM_hJaqA0wLNkr3YBQ&q=australian+aboriginal+history+books&oq=australian+aboriginal+history+books&gs_l=psy-ab.12..0.31327.35295..38758...0.0..0.167.925.0j6......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i22i30.4ttn00zJ69o 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Careful. Everything from there is venomous. Even the books. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I always wanted to go to Australia, esp after seeing Linda Koslowski's backside almost get bitten by a croc in that film. However, my wife has been bingewatching a Netflix show called Instant Hotel, and I'm getting the impression that the entire country has become a bad version of murcan reality TV. Maybe it's just that show (although she watched another that wasn't very impressive, either). And maybe I'm just old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 12 hours ago, tadbart said: Careful. Everything from there is venomous. Even the books. Not everything. Crocodiles are not venomous. They will eat you though.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t4terrific Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Watch the movies “Quigley Down Under” and “Crocodile Dundee”. I learned everything I know about Aborigines from movies.I did a google search and came up with this article that may be of interest. Maybe not.https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/the-6-best-books-about-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glocks4Freedom Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, t4terrific said: I learned everything I know about Aborigines from movies. Dots...just dots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, t4terrific said: Watch the movies “Quigley Down Under” and “Crocodile Dundee”. I learned everything I know about Aborigines from movies. I did a google search and came up with this article that may be of interest. Maybe not. https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/the-6-best-books-about-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-history/ Quigley Down Under is a family fave! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I have a good friend who I've known since the seventh grade who has lived in Australia since the seventies. He's a musician and traveled to England in the late sixties and from there he ended up in Australia. He's returned to the states several times and has told me a lot about the country. I have another friend who lives in Melbourne. I'd like to visit there someday but I don't know if I could stand the long plane ride unless I got a flight with a sleeper berth which are obscenely expensive, It's 18 hours from Seattle to Sydney. I used to like air travel back in the sixties but these days it really sucks. As far as things that want to kill you, My one friend in Melbourne who was a surfer back in the sixties said the sharks were the only things he's ever worried about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Borg warner said: I have a good friend who I've known since the seventh grade who has lived in Australia since the seventies. He's a musician and traveled to England in the late sixties and from there he ended up in Australia. He's returned to the states several times and has told me a lot about the country. I have another friend who lives in Melbourne. I'd like to visit there someday but I don't know if I could stand the long plane ride unless I got a flight with a sleeper berth which are obscenely expensive, It's 18 hours from Seattle to Sydney. I used to like air travel back in the sixties but these days it really sucks. As far as things that want to kill you, My one friend in Melbourne who was a surfer back in the sixties said the sharks were the only things he's ever worried about I'd love to go there (and New Zealand) but I'm not going unless I can go first class. The flight would kill my back. My last flight to Poland nearly left me in tears, and I dread having to sit in those horrible seats for more than an hour... But I'm still trying to find a book that is all pre-Brit Australia. Everything seems to be "what happened to the Aborigines when the Brits showed up" which won't help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mrs.Cicero said: I'd love to go there (and New Zealand) but I'm not going unless I can go first class. The flight would kill my back. My last flight to Poland nearly left me in tears, and I dread having to sit in those horrible seats for more than an hour... But I'm still trying to find a book that is all pre-Brit Australia. Everything seems to be "what happened to the Aborigines when the Brits showed up" which won't help me. MY daughter worked for an importer and spent many hours in flights to SE Asia and China. I listen to her and I just couldn't do that long in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mrs.Cicero said: I'd love to go there (and New Zealand) but I'm not going unless I can go first class. The flight would kill my back. My last flight to Poland nearly left me in tears, and I dread having to sit in those horrible seats for more than an hour... But I'm still trying to find a book that is all pre-Brit Australia. Everything seems to be "what happened to the Aborigines when the Brits showed up" which won't help me. I think you can start with ‘Blue Mountain Dreaming: The Aboriginal Heritage’ by Eugene Stockton. He bases his book on archeological studies and personal knowledge of the region and the people. Here is a review of the book by the Australian Archeological Association. https://australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au/journal/review-of-blue-mountain-dreaming-the-aboriginal-heritage-by-eugene-Stockton/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 https://books.google.com/books?id=TDxldj_SLcYC&lpg=PP1&dq=inauthor%3A"Val Attenbrow"&pg=PA152#v=onepage&q&f=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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