Straight-Out Man. F.W. Albrecht And Central Australian Aborigines

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1990
Edition: First Edition

Description: 313 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on the page edges.

Publishers Description: Central Australia and its oldest mission, Hermannsburg, have long been a potent arena for the encounter between Australias indigenous people and the European newcomers. The life of Hermannsburgs longest serving superintendent, F. W. Albrecht, vividly details much of that encounter, beginning in the 1920s when Aborigines were thought to be a dying race, with governments and public largely indifferent to their fate. Described by some as Australias greatest missionary, Albrecht battled to gain secure reserves on traditional lands, and to foster Aboriginal education, employment and leadership. Prominent figures crossed his path: Flynn of the Inland, T. G. H. Strehlowandmdash;and Albert Namatjira, in whose life and painting Albrecht played a key role. Aboriginal recollections punctuate the story, providing a rare glimpse into Aboriginal thoughts and feelings for Albrecht himself and the events surrounding them. And at the centre is a man of great personal commitment, struggling with the painful unlearning of his own cultural certainties. This is subtle and compelling storytelling

ISBN: 9780522846324