Side By Side by Alan Tucker

Side By Side

by Alan Tucker

Omnibus Books, 1998, [First Edition], [Signed], ISBN 1862913110, full page colour illustrations throughout, illustrated title page, large landscape hardcover with illustrated laminated boards, dustjacket

Good Condition, Signed By Author on front endpaper, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, crumpling ot pages throughout, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with rubbing, bumping, water staining, and tear to front (see photographs)

“The nineteenth century saw great social and cultural change in Australia.  White settlement spread rapidly as the British government progressively claimed land across the continent, dispossessing the original owners.  For the Aboriginal people this meant the devastation of much of their traditional culture and lifestyle.  For many, it meant death.
Alan Tucker’s carefully researched text and detailed artwork record fourteen stories of individual people to show the diversity of race relations in Australia during the colonial era.  Although cruelty and misguided philanthropy were widespread, there were also glimmerings of a social conscience – enough to show that “the potential for racial harmony has always been present in Australian society.””