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Main Title: Killing for country : a family story / David Marr. Book Cover
Author: Marr, David, 1947-
Year: [2023]
Collation: 468 pages : illustrations, maps, paperback ; 24 cm.
Subject: ABIA nominations
Marr, David
Uhr Family
Native Police Corps
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nominations
Murders and murderers
Family histories
Indie Book Awards nominations
First Nations Australians
First Nations Australians - - Massacres and frontier violence
Massacres
Police
ISBN: 9781760642730 (paperback)
Notes:
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover his forebears served with the Native Police, the most brutal force in Australian history. Killing for Country is the result - a personal history of the Frontier Wars.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-451) and index.

Indie Book Awards Longlist 2024

Victorian Premier's Literary Award Shortlist 2024

ABIA book awards shortlist 2024

Winner Indie Book Awards non fiction 2024
Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Main Library 305.801 MAS MAR Available