Buckley's Hope A Novel

Re-release of this account of an English convict's life with Australian Aboriginal tribes in the early nineteenth-century, written in novel form, first published in 1980. William Buckley escaped from Victoria's first settlement at Sorrento in 1803, and survived for 32 years in the wilderness. In 1835 he emerged with his tribal friends to meet Melbourne's founders, and became an important guide and interpreter during the initial years of European conquest of the Port Phillip region. Trapped between the ensuing conflict between these two groups, Buckley finds himself mistrusted by both sides. New edition includes foreword by Wurundjeri elder Joy Murphy. Includes glossary and bibliography. By the author of 'Song of Gondwana'.Robertson, Craig is the author of 'Buckley's Hope A Novel' with ISBN 9780908011315 and ISBN 0908011318.