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Adelaide, South Australia: Rigby, 1976. xii, 257pp. B/white sketch-art illustrated frontis (Gurindji Aborigine, Sandy Moray), plus 12 unpaginated pages of b/white plates. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted, mildly edge-rubbed, bright gilt title there-on. Plain brown cloth boards mildly edge-rubbed. Leaves clean, crisp and unmarked, Colour art-illustrated (taken from a painting, 'The Stockman', by Sir Russell Drysdale) dustjacket has a degree of sunning to spine (title clearly legible), a corner crease to front and rear flap, tiny nick to lower front flap fold, minimal edge-creasing and surface indentations, mild edge discoloration. "Frank Hardy, on a self-searching trip to the Northern Territory, becomes involved in a heart-rending struggle between a courageous Aboriginal tribe, the Gurindji, and the management of a foreign-owned cattle station. After a hundred years of exploitation and discrimination, the Aboriginal stockmen finally go on strike and demand better pay and conditions, and a share…
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- Title The Unlucky Australians
- Author Hardy, Frank
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 257
- Publisher Rigby, Adelaide
- Date 1976
- ISBN 9780855501693
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THE UNLUCKY AUSTRALIANS
by Hardy, Frank
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