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Children of the Wilderness
Author: Donald Thomson
Hardcover with dust cover in very good condition.
Children of the Wilderness by Donald Thomson is a poignant and insightful account of the author's experiences living among the Indigenous peoples of Arnhem Land in northern Australia during the 1930s. As an anthropologist and photographer, Thomson offers a rare and respectful glimpse into the lives, customs, and spiritual beliefs of the Yolngu people, capturing both the richness of their culture and the challenges they faced under the pressures of colonization and government policy. Through personal narrative, photographs, and field observations, the book reflects Thomson’s deep empathy and commitment to Indigenous rights, making it both an important ethnographic work and a powerful human document.
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