Seeds of Myth: Exotic Disease Theory and Deconstructing the Australian Narrative of Indigenous Depopulation
Abstract The theory that the rapid depopulation of Indigenous people post-colonisation was largely caused by European introduced or exotic disease to which Indigenous people had no immunity resonates through most narratives of the early years of colonisation....
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| Language: | English |
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland
2009-07-01
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| Series: | The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education |
| Online Access: | https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/549 |