50th Anniversary Edition

ISBN: 978-1-7641424-2-7

Authors: Raymond Evans, Kay Saunders, Kathryn Cronin

Foreword: Justice Peter Applegarth

Paperback, 528pp

This is the fourth edition of what has become a classic study in our understanding of Australian colonial and race relations history. Originally well ahead of the game in interrogating Queensland’s racist past, the book now appears anew to mark its fiftieth anniversary. First published in 1975 during a cresting wave of anti-racist and anti-imperial activism, it has demonstrated across five decades its longevity and relevance as a landmark work.

The classic study of race relations in Australia.… It is that rarity of works of history – permanently alive and relevant.

Matthew Condon

… a book before its time. It has always informed me of where I am now.

Jackie Huggins

Brave, important and necessary work that was a stepping stone for many to follow.

Melissa Lucashenko

A genuinely trailblazing book… Its inconvenient truths still reverberate.

Julianne Schultz

One of the major works, which… helped transform our history… the writing is powerful, the conclusions are forceful.

Henry Reynolds