Table of Contents

Prologue: From the ruins of colonialism; Part I. In the Beginning: 1. Captain Cook and genesis: white histories of Cook; 2. Captain Cook and death: black histories of Cook; Part II. Installing Memory: 3. We remember for you: the memory work of museums; 4. 'History is disliked': the memory work of schooling; Part III. In the Event: 5. Battle memories: echoes of Eureka; 6. Eliza Fraser and the impossibility of postcolonial history.

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Throws fresh light on the history of memory, forgetting and colonialism. It considers key moments of historical imagination, and analyses the strange ensemble of elements that constitute Australian History.