Author(s): Carolyn Tate

Children's Non-Fiction

Hundreds of years ago Europeans first stepped ashore on Australia. Sometimes they were welcomed – usually they were not. Learn about some of the earliest meetings of Indigenous Australians and Europeans.

About the series:
Written for the new Australian History Curriculum, the Past and Present series asks students: What aspects of the past can you see today? How has your community changed? How did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people first encounter early traders, explorers and settlers?