Invisible Invaders

by Judy Campbell

In Invisible Invaders, Judy Campbell argues that epidemics of smallpox among Australian Aboriginals preceded European settlement.

An epidemic of smallpox among Aboriginal people around the infant colony of Sydney in 1789 puzzled the British, for there had been no cases on the ships of the First Fleet. Where, then, did the epidemic come from?

As explorers moved further inland, they witnessed other epidemics of smallpox,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522849393
• ISBN13: 9780522849394
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.6"