David Thomas has worked as a doctor for three Aboriginal community-controlled health services: Danila Dilba, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and Nganampa Health Council. He has taught public health and researched Indigenous health at Menzies School of Health Research in Alice Springs arid Darwin.

This book is a welcome addition to the Indigenous health literature, particularly the relationship between health and history...This book, or chapters of it, would add to most reading lists of subjects engaged in Aboriginal health, Australian history, and research ethics and practice across a range of disciplines. -- Shaun Ewen, VicHealth Koori Health, Research & Community Development Unit, 2006