Lament For the Barkindji

Adelaide; Rigby; 1976. hardcover in good condition, small faint stain on front endpaper, dustcover torn on edges. 246 pages, b/w photos

Adelaide:: Rigby, Limited, , (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in dark orange boards with white lettering on the spine in a like dustjacket - very minor shelfwear, but otherwise like new. . First printing. Described as a thoroughly researched account of the "brutal annihilation" of the traditional way of life of the thousands of… Read more about this item

Rigby, Adelaide 1976. 22.0 x 14.0cms, 246pp, b/w illusts, hardcover in dustjacket, spine sunned, signed by Bobbie Hardy & Harold Hurst, light foxing on the top edge, very good++ This book shows how the white settlers annihilated the gentle Barkindji through greed, inhumanity and misguided paternalism. The chapters are: the wandering Boree (1829-45); capitulation (1845-65); subjugation completed (1865-80); the… Read more about this item