Abstract
Reassuring 'White Australia': A Review of The Fabrication of Aboriginal History: Volume One, Van Diemen's Land 1803—1847 by Keith Windschuttle (Sydney: Macleay Press, 2002) is a review essay that assesses Keith Windschuttle's latest book in light of historical scholarship of Australian Aborigines over the last thirty years. The essay critiques both Windschuttle's methodology and his historical analysis, concluding that Windschuttle's book conforms to the prejudices of those on the right in Australian politics. In addition, an effort is made to place Australian Aboriginal history in a broader context, incorporating analyses of the impact of (settler) colonialism on Aboriginal people. In this way, the essay may have value to students and scholars of various other colonial contexts wishing to draw comparisons with their own field of expertise.
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