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Article: History, lies and imagination.(use of valid references in writing history)(Editorial)
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- Quadrant
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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IT IS TRUE that there is more than one "truth" to be discerned in any historical account, and there are always shades of grey. But there should be no misunderstanding of what Keith Windschuttle in his recent writings has been saying. He is not just contesting interpretations of what happened to Aborigines in the past, but is pointing to something much more serious, the deliberate falsification of our history.
His latest book, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History (Macleay Press), is about just that. It is in fact only the first volume of a projected three-volume work, and deals with early Tasmanian history only. The volumes to come will deal with Eastern ...