The aborigines of Central Australia

A$1,400 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

With vocabularies of the dialects spoken by the natives of Lake Amadeus and of the western territory of Central Australia. Adelaide : C. R. Bristow, Government Printer, 1891. Octavo, fine modern binding of half crushed morocco over marbles papered boards, pp. 51; [blank]. small chips to title leaf, with auction label of Hackett sale, a fine copy. Very scarce account of the indigenous population of Central Australia by controversial police officer William Henry Willshire (1852 1925) known for his brutality, who gained notoriety in 1891 for being the first police officer to be charged with the murder of two Aboriginal persons. Ferguson 18624.

• Binding: Hardcover

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