|
|
Article: Invisible Invaders: Smallpox and Other Diseases in Aboriginal Australia, 1780-1880.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Australian Aboriginal Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Invisible Invaders: Smallpox and Other Diseases in Aboriginal Australia, 1780-1880 Judy Campbell Melbourne University Press, 2002, xiv + 266 pp, ISBN 0522849393
Reviewed by David Andrew Roberts, School of Classics, History and Religion, University of New England, Armidale 2351,
Judy Campbell's Invisible Invaders draws together research begun over 20 years ago when she was with the Australian National University, foreshadowed in publications in Historical Studies in the 1980s (Campbell 1983, 1985). The final product has been well worth the effort and the wait.
Invisible Invaders is an authoritative study of the origins and demographic impact ...