Frontier History Revisited

Frontier History Revisited examines the colonial frontier conflict in Queensland, Australia during the 19th century. Through analysis of historical records and statistics, the book provides an assessment of frontier killings and casualties between European settlers and Aboriginal peoples. The work challenges previous historical accounts and estimates of frontier violence, presenting new research and methodological frameworks. Robert Ørsted-Jensen incorporates extensive primary source material, including contemporary newspaper reports, official correspondence, and parliamentary records. Documents and data inform a detailed timeline of frontier warfare and interactions spanning multiple decades of Queensland's early colonial period. The author reconstructs patterns of conflict across different regions and analyzes the role of the Native Police force. This historical study contributes to debates about Australia's colonial past and the scale of frontier violence. The research has implications for understanding modern Australian identity and reconciliation efforts.

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🔷 The book directly challenges historian Keith Windschuttle's claims about Aboriginal deaths during the "frontier wars" in Queensland, presenting detailed evidence of approximately 66,680 Aboriginal casualties between 1859-1898. 🔷 Author Robert Ørsted-Jensen spent over a decade researching Queensland's colonial newspapers and historical records to compile the comprehensive data presented in the book. 🔷 The research reveals that the Native Police Force in Queensland was nearly twice as large as previously believed, with 97 officers and 1,000 troopers serving between 1859 and 1898. 🔷 The book identifies at least 24 massacres of Aboriginal people in Queensland that had not been previously documented in other historical works. 🔷 The publication received support from the University of Copenhagen and includes previously unpublished correspondence between the Danish Royal Geographical Society and Queensland authorities regarding frontier violence.