Triumph of the Nomads: A History of Aboriginal Australia (1976)

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 0879510439

Condition: Acceptable

This is an ex-library book with the usual markings. The book has a slight amount of shelf wear.

Book Description:

The original settlers of Australia were the Aborigines who have long been stereo-typed as hapless primitives trapped in a hostile environment. In this fascinating work Professor Blainey documents the surprising truth about these "brown Columbuses" who explored and occupied Australia and created a civilization equaled only by the diversity and complexity of modern Europe. He describes the movement of these peoples as one of the great events in the history of man. Even before the rise of Babylon and Athens, the early Australians had impressive achievements; they were the only people in the world's history to sail across the seas and discover an uninhabited continent. - from the back cover