{"product_id":"hidden-in-plain-view-paul-irish-9781742235110","title":"Hidden in Plain View","description":"\u003cp\u003eContrary to what you may think, local Aboriginal people did not lose their culture and die out within decades of Governor Phillip's arrival in Sydney in 1788.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAboriginal people are prominent in accounts of early colonial Sydney, yet we seem to skip a century as they disappear from the historical record, re-emerging early in the twentieth century. What happened to Sydney's indigenous people between the devastating impact of white settlement and increased government intervention a century later?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHidden in Plain Viewshows that Aboriginal people did not disappear. They may have been ignored in colonial narratives but maintained a strong bond with the coast and its resources and tried to live on their own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis original and important book tells this powerful story through individuals, and brings a poorly understood period of Sydney's shared history back into view. Its readers will never look at Sydney in the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Irish has breathed new life into people written out of history. Stan Grant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis landmark book will open your eyes to the enduring Aboriginal history of Sydney, a story which was there all along, a story that changes everything. Grace Karskens\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Irish","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46885949473011,"sku":"9781742235110","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781742235110.jpg?v=1744574629","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/hidden-in-plain-view-paul-irish-9781742235110","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}