What was life in Australia like before European settlement?
- The National Library of Australia recently released a book called Living with the Locals – Early Europeans’ Experience of Indigenous Life. Authors John Maynard & Victoria Haskins present nine stories relating to a total thirteen people who escaped penal servitude or survived shipwreck. With at least one notable exception (and more on that anon), they experienced the hospitality of Indigenous people, often being accepted as part of their families. Each story is written in two parts, the overall background followed by a number of pages providing summary and more detailed information on Indigenous life. The level of research and understanding removes much of the ambiguity that previously existed.
- The National Library of Australia recently released a book called Living with the Locals – Early Europeans’ Experience of Indigenous Life. Authors John Maynard & Victoria Haskins present nine stories relating to a total thirteen people who escaped penal servitude or survived shipwreck. With at least one notable exception (and more on that anon), they experienced the hospitality of Indigenous people, often being accepted as part of their families. Each story is written in two parts, the overall background followed by a number of pages providing summary and more detailed information on Indigenous life. The level of research and understanding removes much of the ambiguity that previously existed.