Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land by Nicolas, Peterson - 2006

Miegunyah Press, 2005-10-24. New Ed. paperback. Used:Good.

Miegunyah Press, 2005-10-24. New Ed. paperback. Used: Good.

Miegunyah Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. 264 pages. 9.53x6.77x0.79 inches.

Melbourne; Miegunyah Press; 2010 reprint. paperback in very good condition. 245 pages, b/w photos

Miegunyah Press / Melbourne University Press, 2010. Softcover. Near Fine. WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINALIn 1932 Japanese pearl fishermen came ashore in the Caledon Bay area of Arnhem Land and raped several Yolngu women. In retaliation they were fatally speared by Yolngu men who were gaoled and sentenced to death. Anthropologist Thomson convinced the government to set up a commission to investigate and subsequently they were released.Revised edition (2003), reprint 2010. Previously published: South Yarra, Vic. : Currey O'Neil, 1983. Includes bibliographical references p. 233-235 and index. xvi, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. #010424 In 1932, anthropologist Donald Thomson a superb and enthusiastic photographer, made the most comprehensive photographic record of any fully functioning, self-supporting Aboriginal society that we will ever have.'I had lived and hunted with these people, accompanied them on their nomadic wanderings and learned their customs and their languages with the result that I understood… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Donald Thomson, an anthropologist, persuaded the Federal Government to free the three Yolugu men convicted of the killings of five Japanese fisherman and three Europeans. He subsequently spent 15 months documenting the region's culture, resulting in the photographic record of a fully functional Aboriginal soceity.