Additional information
| Weight | 703 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 230 × 150 × 22 mm |
| Format | |
| Imprint | Boolarong Press |
| ISBN | 9781925877922 |
| Subject | History |
| Page extent | 496 |
Queensland’s Frontier Wars
$34.99
Jack Drake
Queensland’s Frontier Wars is an attempt to document the known confrontations between either white settlers or white and native police and First Nations people where deaths were reported. It is now an accepted premise that these confrontations were wars to gain access to the land, because, if not wars, then it was mass murder. No one in Queensland was charged with the murder of First Nations during these confrontations.
The book shows the invasion from New South Wales into southern Queensland and the advances from the sea in central and north Queensland. The ‘dispersement’ of the First Nations people from their land was violent and efficient using far superior weaponry.
This book adds significantly to the true and uncomfortable history of Queensland.
Dr Timothy Bottoms –
Review of
Jack Drake, Queensland’s Frontier Wars, Tingalpa, Boolarong Press, 2021.
by
Dr Timothy Bottoms (‘a real historian’) who published Conspiracy of Silence, Queensland’s frontier wars in 2013
and CAIRNS, City of the South Pacific, a History 1770-1995 (2016), Djabugay Country (1999) and Bama Country (2008) & check out his bone fides at http://www.cairnshistory.com.au
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.” This is the point, as Australians we have to learn the truth about our history.
Or as Oscar Wilde said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” Thank you Jack Drake, as your imitation of Conspiracy of Silence says a lot about your supposed ‘storyteller’ craft. Nevertheless, I want Queenslander’s to recognise the truth about our frontier history, and if Drake’s book somehow does that, then I will be content.
Ray Kerkhove –
Review by Dr Ray Kerkhove, coauthor of ‘The Battle of One Tree Hill’
Jack Drake has a long and distinguished career in bush poetry. His latest work is a departure from his usual genre into a fully-referenced history, conducted in his polished ‘story-telling’ style. Jack has succeeded in producing a very comprehensive and careful survey of Queensland’s frontier war history. He closely aligned his approach to the format of major historians – especially Timothy Bottoms. What sets Jack’s account apart is his familiarity with the places he discusses. He has personally travelled to and photographed the majority of the sites in this book, and also yarned with many of the property owners concerning their families’ accounts. This adds a new layer of data to Queensland’s frontier war history, and ties it firmly to local ‘outback’ lore, in a manner rarely attempted before.
Wendy –
Though Jack Drake is not a professional historian he tells the story of the invasion of white settlers from New South Wales into what is now Queensland. Importantly, this book adds to the important recognition that Queensland has a very uncomfortable history of massacres and stolen land.