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At a guess, it's probably used as a textbook in some university courses (presumably law). This leads to absurd pricing, because students are a captive market; you want to do the course, you have to buy this book.

That is exactly what is happening in this case; the author is a lecturer at a South Australian educational institution, and the book is a textbook for one of the courses there. I'm looking into studying Australian Aboriginal / Indigenous history, and thought I'd better get acquainted with some of the source material.

https://libgen.is/search.php?req=Aboriginal+Peoples%2C+Colon...

What on earth is this website?

I had a drive around and I'm directed a http://111.111.111.111 (yes, no S in HTTPS) site to download a PDF file which I assume is the book?

This site couldn't look more dodgy if it tried.

A mirror for LibGen, it looks like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis

wow. does it come with a kindle?

No but it does come with a law degree.