Killing for Country

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 richly detailed saga of politics and power in the colonial world.  It is a story of land seized, fortunes made and lost, and the violence let loose as squatters and their allies fought for possession of the country.

"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

Pages: 596, Paperback

Published: October 2023