Uprising
war in the colony of new south wales, 1838 - 1844
$27.75
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2025
Summary
Uprising: Indigenous Resistance and the Fight for River Country
From the award-winning author of The Sydney Wars reveals the breadth of frontier resistance warfare.
The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance ended in 1824 with a series of massacres conducted by settlers in the Bathurst region. From the 1830s, colonists began occupying more and more Aboriginal land across western New South Wales and stocking it with sheep and cattle. By 1838, a dramatic f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742238029 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1742238025 |
| Author: | Stephen Gapps |
| Publisher: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Imprint: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 404g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Stephen Gapps
Stephen Gapps is a public historian working to bring Frontier War histories into broader recognition as Australia’s First Wars. In 2011, he was awarded the NSW Premier’s History Award for regional and community history. Stephen’s The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony 17881817 was the inaugural winner of the Les Carlyon Award for the writing of military history (2020). He is also the author of Gudyarra: The first Wiradyuri war of resistance The Bathurst War, 18221824 (2021), and is an editor of The Australian Wars, the book of the award-winning documentary series, forthcoming.
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