The Lizard Eaters
by Lockwood, Douglas
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Australia : Cassell, 1964. Second Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers faintly foxed/browned, text faintly browned Edges browned Boards have some bumped corners In 1957, officers from the Welfare branch of Northern Territory Administration began patrolling the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts. Here they found the Pintubi people, who had never been in touch with white civilisation. In 1963 Douglas Lockwood, at that time the Melbourne Herald's correspondent, was invited to join a patrol into the Gibson Desert to a point about 960km west of Alice Springs and 320 kms across the Western Australia border.
The Lizard Eaters tells the fascinating story of that journey and the discovery of yet more Pintubi people. Lockwood describes the thrill he felt on meeting Aborigines who had never before set eyes on a white face - and the profound respect he developed for human beings who had lived in unbelievably harsh conditions for thousands of years. B & W photos.
The Lizard Eaters tells the fascinating story of that journey and the discovery of yet more Pintubi people. Lockwood describes the thrill he felt on meeting Aborigines who had never before set eyes on a white face - and the profound respect he developed for human beings who had lived in unbelievably harsh conditions for thousands of years. B & W photos.
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54043
- Title
- The Lizard Eaters
- Author
- Lockwood, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 171
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Australian Aboriginals & Torres Strait Islanders Central Australia, Australian Aboriginals, nomads, Pintubi
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
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