A Straight-Out Man
F.W. Albrecht and Central Australian Aborigines
$77.84
- Paperback
348 pages
- Release Date
30 June 1990
Summary
A subtle and compelling biography of F. W. Albrecht, the longest-serving superintendent of central Australia’s oldest mission, Hermannsburg.
Central Australia and its oldest mission, Hermannsburg, have long been a potent arena for the encounter between Australia’s indigenous people and the European newcomers. The life of Hermannsburg’s longest serving superintendent, F. W. Albrecht, vividly details much of that encounter, beginning in the 1920s when Aborigines were thought to be a dyi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522846324 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522846327 |
| Author: | Barbara Henson |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 348 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 June 1990 |
| Weight: | 534g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 153mm x 24mm |
About The Author
Barbara Henson
Dr Barbara Henson, amidst varied work as a freelance writer and editor, heeded the early advice of Stephen Murray-Smith that she write biography.
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