Killing for Country: David Marr in-conversation with Lyndall Ryan
Sun, 15 Oct
|Better Read Than Dead
Join David Marr to celebrate the release of Killing for Country. David will be in conversation with Lyndall Ryan.


Time & Location
15 Oct 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
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About The Event
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars.
David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result – a soul-searching Australian history.
This is a richly detailed saga of politics and power in the colonial world – of land seized, fortunes made and lost, and the violence let loose as squatters and their allies fought for possession of the country – a war still unresolved in today's Australia.
"This book is more than a personal reckoning with Marr's forebears and their crimes. It is an account of an Australian war fought here in our own country, with names, dates, crimes, body counts and the ghastly, remorseless views of the 'settlers'. Thank you, David."—Marcia Langton
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Event Ticket
$5.00
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Ticket + copy of Killing for Country
$42.00
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