Fighting for justice : the Donald Thomson story
Macklin, Robert, 1941-2024
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Donald Thomson at 10 years old was a lone figure in Melbourne's Bayside with its billabongs and creeks meandering to the sea. In his 'Naturalist's Diary', he recorded his collection of wildflowers to wattles, seabirds to tiny blue wrens, mammals to reptiles to fish and to insects of every shape and hue. By 16 he was part-time editor of a national nature magazine. At 28, as Australia's first home-grown anthropologist, he met the only people who truly shared his worldview: the First Nations of northern and central Australia. He wrote, 'We learned much about their language, social life, and customs, and of their elaborate rituals and tabus...and we grew to love these people.' It was this love for a world threatened with extinction that drove Donald Thomson for the rest of his life, fighting for justice through a threated invasion and the reality of a hostile and unrepentant occupation.
Main title:
Fighting for justice : the Donald Thomson story / Robert Macklin.
Author:
Macklin, Robert, 1941-, author
Imprint:
South Yarra, VIC : Hardie Grant Australia, 2024.©2024
Collation:
xi, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
97817614508539781761450853
Dewey class:
301.092305.89915301
Language:
English
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BRN:
565060
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 301 THO | Available |