260 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents
A long-neglected task -- A place of beginnings -- False start at Elcho Island -- Milingimbi -- John Burton's visit -- T.T. Webb faces reality -- Sheppy -- The Goldsmiths at Goulburn -- Arnhem land speaks -- The Caledon Bay murders -- Yirrkala -- Sheppy gets wings -- Trouble with pearlers -- A great man bows out -- Darwin -- Half-castes or outcasts? -- The first exodus -- The second exodus -- Elcho Island again -- The Reverend Len Kentish -- The Fijian missionaries -- The post-war years -- Back to Crocker -- The 1950's: a decade of change -- Language studies -- Caught in the current -- Minjilang, home of the Iwaidja -- Gloulburn Island -- Developments at Milingimbi -- Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island) -- Yirrkala: take my land and you take me -- Maningrida settlement -- Two can walk together -- And then came Tracy
Summary
Foundation of Methodist Mission on Goulburn Island, Elcho Island, Milingimbi, Croker Island and Yirrkala; mission work at other localities; details of Aboriginal life particularly fighting; Caledon Bay massacres and Japanese fishermen; changes in government policy towards Aborigines and missions; conversions of Aboriginals and service in church
Analysis
Methodist missions. Northern Territory. Arnhem Land. Methodist Overseas Missions, 1916-1975
Notes
Methodist missions. Northern Territory. Arnhem Land. Methodist Overseas Missions, 1916-1975 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0088625)
