Pemulwuy

Pemulwuy and his troops rained spears on the Rum Corps and British invaders and, like Churchill against the Nazis, fought with resolution and ferocity. Unfortunately, unlike Churchill, he was outnumbered and overpowered in the end. But in this, his story, something of his legacy has been captured an......more

This is an important book, based on fact, describing on the ground how the invading English and the First Nations people interacted in early days, 1789-1802. Some like Bennelong were highly regarded by the English, while others like the warrior chief Pemulwuy were hated. He was determined to drive t......more

4⭐️ Based on true events, Pemulwuy: The Rainbow Warrior is a fictional story of the legendary Aboriginal warrior and Eora man who did everything possible to drive the English out from settling in the Colony of New South Wales when they arrived in 1788. Whilst you’ll no doubt recognise the names of man......more

Eric Willmot has written a well researched, entertaining history of Pemuluy, The historic Aboriginal leader, and fighter in the colonisation wars. Willmot was a writer of books, plays, and an inventor of technology used in agriculture. He co-wrote 'The Rainbow Serpent' with Richard Guthrie, for SBS......more

With even a passing familiarity of Australian history most readers will know how this finishes before they even start it. The sense of foreboding as this story draws to a close actually makes for very hard reading. If only we were afforded the luxury of branching off into speculative fiction, but th......more