Review

In Truganini, Cassandra Pybus focuses on a hugely important figure in Australian history

By Michael McKernan
April 11 2020 - 12:00am
A portrait of Truganini. Picture: Supplied
A portrait of Truganini. Picture: Supplied
  • Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse, by Cassandra Pybus. Allen & Unwin. $32.99.

It is a historical truism that before a society can exterminate its enemies or those it fears that society must first dehumanise the people to be deleted. We saw this so powerfully demonstrated in the Holocaust where the victims were first portrayed as mean, loathsome, degraded wretches with little of humanity or dignity about them. It was quite an easy step from this portrayal to the gas ovens.

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