This is a historical book that tells the story of the black race in Australia. It explores the
unequal struggle between the white man and his coloured brother. In dealing with this subject
in this book the author has aimed to place before the reader a simple narrative of facts that
illustrates the condition into which Australian blacks were brought by their contact with the
white man after possession of the land taken by Governor Phillip and the motley crowd that
crossed the sea from England with him to form a British settlement on Australian shore.
