*Ø* First encounter: indigenous Australians and Europeans



Historian Inga Clendinnen gave a fascinating talk at Sydney Writers' Week on the topic of relations between the first European settlers in Australia, and indigeous people, at Sydney Cove in the late 1700s. I'm a Sydneysider born and bred, but I learned a helluva lot in less than an hour (can hardly wait for the transcript). She refers to some very interesting historical records of male-female relations, too, both intraracial and interracial. Have a listen.

Also, I found a very plagiarisible page of early (in European terms) drawings of Aboriginal people. One of them is tres Von Daniken.