Organised in collaboration with the National Trust (ACT), Canberra Archaeological Society and the Friends of the National Library of Australia.

In partnership with the ACT National Trust, the Friends present author Peter Dowling discussing his book, Fatal Contact: How Epidemics Nearly Wiped Out Australia’s First Peoples.

This ‘study leaves us in no doubt that imported diseases afflicted large numbers of people, resulting in their deaths, debility and sterility, ultimately leading to population depletion.’ - Dr Charmain Robson, UNSW.

‘A truth unremembered in a process of historical amnesia labelled the “great Australian silence” by anthropologist W. E. H. Stanner.’ - Dr Cassandra Pybus in The Conversation.

Members of the Friends of the National Library, National Trust, Canberra and District Historical Society and Canberra Archaeological Society are able to purchase tickets by entering their member number when prompted.

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Speaker

Dr Peter Dowling, National Trust of Australia