This page of the Australian Frontier Conflicts website includes summaries of selected and new books, in year order–the most recent first, which deal with conflicts, killings, massacres and wars that occurred in the colonial period from 1788 to the 1940s. Books included below are available in print and some as e-books. You can check availability by searching online by author and title. Ever-growing lists of publications on Australian frontier conflicts listed on this website are included in the Bibliography  and in Journal Articles. A separate Videos and films page includes a list of films and videos related to colonial frontier conflicts. This Books page, like the whole website, is still being developed. New material is being added frequently, so come back to visit. 2018 Tim Ailwood The Quiet Invasion: A History of Early Sydney Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018 ‘The Quiet Invasion is the true history of Sydney’s first four years. A story of first contact, disease and famine, misunderstandings and bloody mindedness, tragedy and resilience. This history explodes the myths about the first years of the convict settlement on the shores of Sydney Cove and should change the way you feel about Australian history. Week by week, month by month, a detailed story of invader and invaded unfolds as the town of Sydney is literally hacked out of the place once called Warrane. The book follows the men and women who eked out their lives on the shores of Sydney Cove with a host of historical figures: Arthur Phillip, Bennelong, Watkin Tench, Barangaroo, William Dawes, Patyegarang, David Collins, Colbee, John Macarthur, Daringa, Henry Lidgbird Ball, Pemulwuy, William Bradley – to name just a few.’ Australian Scholarly Publishing Tim Bonyhady and Greg Lehman, The National Picture: The art of Tasmania’s Black War National Gallery of Australia, 2018 ‘Benjamin Duterrau and his National picture project are at the core of this publication because he was the colonial artist most interested in Tasmania’s Aboriginal people, and the only artist who chose to depict, on a substantial scale, their conciliation or pacification by George Augustus Robinson’, writes Tim Bonyhady and Greg Lehman in their introduction to The … Continue reading Books