Clah (1831-1916) kept a diary for 50 years (1859-1909) recording in detail his travels up and down the west coast of North America from Washington to the Yukon. Brock (emeritus, Edith Cowan U., Perth,
First-hand accounts of indigenous people’s encounters withcolonialism are rare. A daily diary that extends over fifty years andtwo thousand pages is unparalleled.Drawing on a painstaking transcription
Up until the 1970s, a large proportion of Aboriginal people in Australia had some experience in institutions as part of government assimilation and protection policies. By focusing on three communiti
There is still considerable debate about the factors that influence indigenous responses to the introduction of Christianity (or other religions). Brock (history, Edith Cowan U., Australia) believes t
This is the first full-length historical study of indigenous evangelists across a range of societies, geographical regions and colonial regimes and the first to focus on the complex issues of authorit
