The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia

The book that turned Australian history inside out.

Forty-five years after The Other Side of the Frontier was first published, Henry Reynolds’ groundbreaking classic of Australian history is as relevant as ever.

Drawing from documentary and oral evidence, the book describes in meticulous and compelling detail the ways in which First Nations peoples responded to the arrival of Europeans. Reynolds’ argument that First Nations peoples resisted fiercely was highly original when it was first published and changed the way we understand Australian history.

About the author

Henry Reynolds’ trailblazing work has changed the way we see the intertwining of black and white history in Australia. His books with NewSouth include The Other Side of the Frontier (reissue); What’s Wrong with Anzac? (as co-author); Forgotten War, which won the Victorian Premier’s Award for Non-Fiction; Unnecessary Wars; This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited; Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement;, and Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero (as co-author).

Henry Reynolds
Published December 2026
Paperback
288 pages 
210mm x 135mm
ISBN 9781761170966