I, The Aboriginal
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
One of the most remarkable life stories ever to emerge from the Australian outback, I, the Aboriginal presents the extraordinary autobiography of Waipuldanya (Phillip Roberts), an Alawa man from Arnhem Land, as told to journalist Douglas Lockwood. Chronicling a life that straddled two vastly different worlds, the narrative moves from Waipuldanya's initiation into ancient tribal law and his mastery of traditional bush survival through to his years working alongside white Australians as a medical orderly — a journey that is at once deeply personal and profoundly historical. Lockwood, a celebrated Australian journalist and author, renders Waipuldanya's voice with immediacy and dignity, producing a document of immense ethnographic and human value. The work stands as a rare first-person testament to the collision of Indigenous and colonial Australia during the mid-twentieth century, illuminating questions of identity, belonging, and cultural endurance that remain as urgent today as when the book was first published. For readers curious about the lived experience behind Australia's frontier history, this account is utterly unforgettable.
Author: Douglas Lockwood
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
One of the most remarkable life stories ever to emerge from the Australian outback, I, the Aboriginal presents the extraordinary autobiography of Waipuldanya (Phillip Roberts), an Alawa man from Arnhem Land, as told to journalist Douglas Lockwood. Chronicling a life that straddled two vastly different worlds, the narrative moves from Waipuldanya's initiation into ancient tribal law and his mastery of traditional bush survival through to his years working alongside white Australians as a medical orderly — a journey that is at once deeply personal and profoundly historical. Lockwood, a celebrated Australian journalist and author, renders Waipuldanya's voice with immediacy and dignity, producing a document of immense ethnographic and human value. The work stands as a rare first-person testament to the collision of Indigenous and colonial Australia during the mid-twentieth century, illuminating questions of identity, belonging, and cultural endurance that remain as urgent today as when the book was first published. For readers curious about the lived experience behind Australia's frontier history, this account is utterly unforgettable.