The Secret War: A True History of Queensland's Native Police

By Jonathan Richards

An authoritative and groundbreaking contribution to the study of Australian colonial history, this record reveals little-known information about a brutal police force of Aborigines that operated under the command of white officers on the Queensland frontier during the 19th century. Arguing that these native patrols--which are charged with killing large numbers of indigenous people in Australia--were a key part of a colonizing tactic used successfully across the the British Empire, this examination exposes native involvement in the white settlement of Australia, the cover-up of the murders by the native police forces, and the approval of the killings by government officials of the time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070223639X
• ISBN13: 9780702236396
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.7"