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The hated protectorLindsey Arkley

The hated protector

Lindsey Arkley
2000509 pages
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"The Hated Protector: the Story of Charles Wightman Sievwright, Protector of Aborigines, 1839-42" is the story of an Edinburgh-born former army officer sent to Australia by the British government in 1839. As he tried to protect the Aborigines from injustices, Sievwright quickly became "the most unpopular man that ever breathed" among his fellow whites. "The Hated Protector: the Story of Charles Wightman Sievwright, Protector of Aborigines, 1839-42" adds new and vivid archival detail to the story of the undeclared war fought in south-east Australia between Aborigines and mostly British…

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  • Other · English · 2000
    Orbit Press · 509 pages · 9780646404219
HistoryAboriginal AustraliansGovernment relationsFrontier and pioneer life