King Bungaree: A Sydney Aborigine meets the Great South Pacific Explorers 1799-1830.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

(Sydney): Kangaroo Press (1992). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (192pp.). With portrait 8 full-page col. plates num. b/w illusts. 2 full-page maps 1 double-page map and endpaper maps. 1st edition. Previous owner's name on half title-page. NOTE: The first biography in which an aborigine takes the foreground in the story of the early exploration of our continent. Set against the background of Georgian Sydney this original book provides detail and insights which should help us to understand the roots of the unhappy relationship between black and white Australians.