Uncommon Ground: White Women in Aborginal History

Showcasing some of the latest and most interesting work in Australia on gender and crosscultural history, this unique collection offers a diverse group of essays about the complex roles white women played in Australian Indigenous histories.

Sensitive to criticism of white historians' treatment of Australian Aboriginal subjects as a form of neo-colonialism, Cole (New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service) presents a dozen indigenous viewpoints on the relations between native people and white women settlers, missionaries, assimilationist boarding school administrators, and activists. Also included is a biography of Pearl Gibbs (1901-1983), an Aboriginal activist who worked with white feminists, photos, and art. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Anna Cole is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Victoria Haskins is a lecturer at the University of Newcastle. Fiona Paisley is a senior lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland.