HENRY REYNOLDS is one of Australia’s best-known and most widely read historians. He is an adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania. His sustained and meticulous research has played a major part in the political and legal milestones: the Mabo and Wik judgements. Professor Reynolds’ books include With the White People, Fate of a Free People, This Whispering in Our Hearts, Why Weren’t We Told?, Fate of a Free People and Nowhere People.