The death and resurrection of the Ngunnawal: a living history, by Ann Jackson-Nakano, 1994

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This material may contain language, terms, and descriptions that reflect the period in which certain sources were written which may not be considered appropriate today.

This material contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of the Ngunnawal peoples. This includes maps, genealogies, traditional knowledge, names, and histories reflecting on the experiences of the Ngunnawal peoples since colonial times.

Authors acknowledgement: This thesis is dedicated to the Ngunnawal community – past, present and future. I have attempted, within the limitations of a historian from a British background, to avoid the Eurocentric worldview depicted above, but do not pretend this is a definitive history of the Ngunnawal. The definitive history must be written by members of the community themselves, but even then, I suspect, there will be a variety of interpretations. This thesis aims only to correct unacceptable non-indigenous versions of the history of the Ngunnawal after the British invasion of their territory, using non-indigenous written records, and to dispel the myth of their extinction. It is merely a starting point in the struggle to find some point of agreement about the truth of the past.

Thesis submitted by Ann Jackson-Nakano in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of letters (History) 1994, Australian National University.

Contents include; Acknowledgement. Introduction. Chapter I: From the coming of the white men to the coming of the white women; the Ngunnawal in the 1820s-1830s. Chapter II: Blackfellas rising as whitefellas; The Ngunnawal in the 1840s-1870s. Chapter III: The passing of the Ngunnawal 1870-1909. Conclusion: Death and resurrection of the Ngunnawal; an Overview. Appendix I: Some Ngunnawal genealogies.

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Jackson-Nakano, Ann (1950-)

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