Foster Father & Son or Slave Master & Slave

<p>In this groundbreaking book author Davina B Woods PhD presents a rigorous investigation into the shared history of Australia filling in gaps in knowledge of most people of the uncomfortable truths of tragic sometimes violent incidents from our shared history. </p><p>We as a society need to know about these historical events. It is the way to move forward as a nation towards harmonious relationships between the First Peoples of Australia and those who themselves or their ancestors came after 1788.</p><p>A labour of love the researching and writing of this book has taken the author from her teenage years to a woman with grandchildren. Her dedication to the work is driven by her belief in the inclusion of First Peoples perspectives in Australian history our shared history as a healing process.</p><p>Beginning as family history telling the story of her First Peoples grandfather and the colonisers in whose household he lived and worked the book naturally evolved to become a truth-telling about Australia's shared history. Along the way Davina also touches on the position of women South Sea Islanders Chinese and soldiers. </p><p>A must-read for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding it exposes a little known secret of the shared history of Australia's First Peoples and the colonisers.</p><p><br></p>