A Distant Field of Murder

by Jan Critchett

A unique study of early Aboriginal-white relations in the Western District of Victoria Jan Critchett challenges some of strongly held opinions about Aboriginal culture: that their only shelters were frail mia-mias, that they were nomadic and had no attachment to a particular area of land, and that they were simple hunters and gatherers. With a particular focus on the Western District of Victoria, known under the Squatting Act as Portland Bay, Critchett...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522845274
• ISBN13: 9780522845273
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"