Brisbane: Hope Vale Mission Board, Date: 1986. 182pp, appendices, bw ills, maps. Or pictorial card covers. Small bump to front at foreedge (cover and 1 page), fading to spine, a little minor foxing. SIGNED by author on title page. The story of the Guugu Yimidhirr aborigines who inhabited the area from the Annan River south of Cooktown to the Jennie River 100km to the north, and inland to the Normanby River Battle Camp territory from their first sighting of Captain james Cook's Endeavour limping up the coast and beaching on their river, Wahalumbaal. Their language became the first aboriginal language to take written form via the pens of Banks and Parkinson - one of those words gangurru has become the symbol of Australia while having been somewhat mangled in translation (the kangaroo). Through the enormous disruptions of the gold rush years, and epidemics of the white man's diseases and on to the present these people seemed to wane and then rebound like the kangaroo itself. It is also the story of the Lutheran missions and missionaries who served the Guugu Yimidhirr.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. `. 1986. Hope Vale Mission Board ISBN 1862523118 9781862523111 [AU]

ISBN10: 1862523118, ISBN13: 9781862523111, [publisher: Hope Vale Mission Board, Brisbane] Softcover First Edition 182pp, appendices, bw ills, maps. Or pictorial card covers. Small bump to front at foreedge (cover and 1 page), fading to spine, a little minor foxing. SIGNED by author on title page. The story of the Guugu Yimidhirr aborigines who inhabited the area from the Annan River south of Cooktown to the Jennie River 100km to the north, and inland to the Normanby River Battle Camp territory from their first sighting of Captain james Cook's Endeavour limping up the coast and beaching on their river, Wahalumbaal. Their language became the first aboriginal language to take written form via the pens of Banks and Parkinson - one of those words gangurru has become the symbol of Australia while having been somewhat mangled in translation (the kangaroo). Through the enormous disruptions of the gold rush years, and epidemics of the white man's diseases and on to the present these people seemed to wane and then rebound like the kangaroo itself. It is also the story of the Lutheran missions and missionaries who served the Guugu Yimidhirr. Size: 4to
[Ashmore, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 1986]

ISBN10: 1862523118, ISBN13: 9781862523111, Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.
[Berlin, Germany]