What the Colonists Never Knew: A History of Aboriginal Sydney: By Dennis Foley and Peter Read. Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press, 2020. Pp. 240. A$35 paper.

It is Foley's contribution that makes the book particularly distinct from other major works on the history of Aboriginal Sydney such as Heather Goodall and Allison Cadzow's I Rivers of Resilience i (2009) and Grace Karskens' I The Colony i (2010). What the Colonists Never Knew: A History of Aboriginal Sydney: By Dennis Foley and Peter Read. It weaves in and out between scholar of Gai-mariagal and Wiradjuri heritage Dennis Foley's history telling on the one hand, and on the other a wider historical context of Aboriginal Sydney provided by Read. [Extracted from the article]