Indigenous European Relations

The State Library holds many books about the history of Indigenous/European relations in Western Australia (as well as many other facets of Indigenous people in Western Australia and Australia). A small selection can be found below and others can be located in the State Library Catalogue.

Broken Spears : Aborigines and Europeans in the Southwest of Australia / by Neville Green
Published in 1984, this book details the relations between Indigenous people and Europeans in the south-west of Western Australia up to the 1850s.

The Challenge and the Chance : the Colonisation and Settlement of North West Australia 1861-1914 / by K. Forrest
Published in 1996, this book deals with the colonisation of north-west Australia 1861-1914, with the focus on Indigenous-white relationships.

A Cry in the Wind : Conflict in Western Australia, 1829-1929 / by Tom Austen
Published in 1998, this book documents the relationship between settlers and Indigenous people in Western Australia in the first hundred years of white settlement.

For Their Own Good : Aborigines and Government in the Southwest of Western Australia, 1900-1940 / by Anna Haebich
Published in 1992, this book documents the relationship between Indigenous people and the government in the south-west of Western Australia 1900-1940.

The Forrest River Massacres / by Neville Green
Published in 1994, this book tells the story of the Forrest River massacre of Indigenous people in 1926 and the events leading up to it.

How the West was Lost : the Native Question in the Development of Western Australia / by D.W. McLeod
Published in 1984, this book tells the story of the "Native Question" and the fundamental, uncompromising and continuing role Don McLeod has played in its unfolding.

Noonkanbah : Whose Land, Whose Law / by Steve Hawke & Michael Gallagher
Published in 1989, this book tells the story of the struggle between the Noonkanbah people, the miners and the Western Australian government over mining on Noonkanbah Station.

Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land, or, Blacks and Whites in North-West Australia / by J.B. Gribble
First published in 1905, this 1992 reprint tells the story of European oppression of Indigenous people in the Gascoyne.

The Stolen Generations : Separation of Aboriginal Children from Their Families / by Anna Haebich & Ann Delroy
Published in 1999, this book looks at the history of Indigenous/European relationships with particular reference to the removal of Indigenous children.

Not Slaves, Not Citizens : the Aboriginal Problem in Western Australia 1898-1954 / by Peter Biskup
Published in 1973, this book details relations between Europeans and the Indigenous people 1829-1954, with an emphasis on the 20th century.

Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance / by Howard Pedersen & Banjo Woorunmurra
Published in 1995, this book tells of the invasion of Indigenous lands and the imposition of a new colonial order and of the resistance of the Bunuba people.

Nyungar Tradition : Glimpses of Aborigines of South-Western Australia, 1829-1914 / by Lois Tilbrook
Published in 1983, this book focuses on Nyungar genealogy, and also contains information about government policy towards the Nyungar people 1829-1914.

Black Australians : a Survey of Native Policy in Western Australia, 1829-1897 / by Paul Hasluck
First published in 1942, this 1979 reprint tells the story of government policy towards Indigenous people in Western Australia 1829-1897.

Aborigines of the West : Their Past and Their Present / edited by Ronald M. Berndt & Catherine H. Berndt
Published in 1979, this book contains a section on government Indigenous policy in Western Australia.

Pinjarra Massacre Site Research and Development Project : Report for Stage 1 / by Natalie Contos
Published in 1998, this book contains the results of research into the Pinjarra Massacre of 1834.