The first Australian’s fifth book by MACKENZIE, Geraldine; BELCHER, Douglas L. (illustrator)

Melbourne : F. W. Cheshire [printed at The Hawthorn Press], 1951. 'Published under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of Australia'. Oblong octavo, illustrated buff-coloured wrappers, staple bound, 38 pp, illustrated, a fine copy. One of a series of six reading primers for Indigenous children written by MacKenzie, who had been a missionary at Aurukun, Far North Queensland, since 1925. Copies are recorded in nine Australian collections (AIATSIS Library; State Library of Queensland; State Library of New South Wales; Deakin University Library; Monash University Library; National Library of Australia; National Museum of Australia Library; Northern Territory Library; Museum Victoria Library).