The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal People

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The Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal people

Josephine Flood 2006

Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, xiv+306pp., ISBN 1 74114 872 3

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This is the latest in a succes sion of books from the pen of Josephine Flood, a popular author. Like her other works, it is a book that may appeal to the scholar and literary public alike. Lavishly illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs, and the occasional map, it is written in a style that is a casual narrative and is peppered with pertinent facts and personal explanations. In the preface (p.x) Flood explains that:

   The Original Australians tells the story of
   Australian Aboriginal history and culture
   from their distant beginnings to the present
   day. As an archaeologist, my aim is to try to
   explain what happened in the past and place
   traditional Australian indigenous societies
   into their global context. My mission is to
   present an accurate, objective, informative
   account of this continent's …