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Donald Thomson's contributions in advocacy of Aboriginal rights, his contributions to ornithology, ecology and for his journalism earned him a spot in the public eye in the 1930's and 40's. This volume is a first assessment of Thomson's life and work.
Analysis of a largely undocumented collection of artefacts and photographs held in the Museum of Victoria, establishing identification and provenance; includes substantial biographical information on Thomson, his military duties and patrols and in particular assesses allegations of misconduct made by Dutch colonial authorities; based on journals and private papers relating to the Merauke Force Operations, official Australian War Memorial files and first-hand accounts.
I have 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 and believed in them and resented the injustices under which they had suffered for so long at the hands of the white man and other invaders of their territory. Donald Thomson.
Narrative based on reports, private correspondence and diaries, 1935-42; observations on material culture, ceremonies and subsistence including goose-egg hunting, fish traps, use of fire; relationships between Aborigines and administration, missions, Japanese and inter-tribal hostilities, Blue Mud Bay, Caledon Bay and Milingimbi areas; Special Reconnaissance Unit and name list of members of the Unit; biographies, particularly Kapiu, Raiwalla, Wongo.
PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for...
Story of Caledon Bay Massacre and encounters with natives.
Report of visit to Melbourne to discuss future of Thomsons ethnographic & photographic collections and papers, suggestions for publication of some material.
Contents; Arnhem Land, 1-3162; Cape York Peninsula, 3200-4380; Desert, 4381-4722; see Box 1 for list of numbers reserved for items awaiting identification.