God Guns and Government on the CA Frontier by Peter Vallee

God Guns and Government on the CA Frontier by Peter ValleeWhen Mounted Constable William Willshire had his troopers shoot two Aboriginal men, Ereminta and Donkey, in cold blood they left behind several witnesses, and an intriguing story. The man who shot Ereminta, Thomas, was an Aranda Lutheran, one of the Finke River mission's first converts. This book reveals some surprising connections between the police, including William Willshire, and the missionaries. The pastoralists offered young Aboriginal men and

stoic people of the desert

and step-by-step walkthroughs of beneficial practices

add depth and dimension to how this vast and complex place we call remote Australia is understood

This book answers these questions and more by providing a series of studies of different aspects of language and culture in different parts of Aboriginal Australia

into their lives

many people - including a high-profile celebrity - are convinced it was murder

'Ali Hazelwood has made herself an auto-buy author'

imaginative and unsettling

ËœBy far my favourite book of of the year Guardian One cold night

Remember daughter

They made history on the river: it was the first successful white farming frontier

suspiciously hairy holes in the desert and a crash course on the wonderful world of the internet