SURVEYING THE WILD ABYSS

Surveying the Wild Abyss is a groundbreaking work of history examining colonisation and frontier conflict in the Hawkesbury region. First Nations historian Barry Corr navigates the silences and gaps within colonial records to expose settler amnesia, the catastrophic impact of colonisation, and the complex ways history is remembered or overlooked. Drawing on detailed primary source analysis alongside his own lived experience and community connections within the Western Sydney Aboriginal community, Corr offers a deeply informed and challenging perspective. Blending personal narrative, historical inquiry and critical reflection, this powerful book invites both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to reconsider the past and rethink how Australian history is written and understood.