Lament for the Barkindji: The Vanished Tribes of the Darling River Region Tapa dura - 1976

Adelaide; Rigby; 1976. hardcover in good condition, small faint stain on front endpaper, dustcover torn on edges. 246 pages, b/w photos

Adelaide:: Rigby, Limited, , (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in dark orange boards with white lettering on the spine in a like dustjacket - very minor shelfwear, but otherwise like new. . First printing. Described as a thoroughly researched account of the "brutal annihilation" of the traditional way of life of the thousands of the Barkindji people who once lived in the Darling River region of New South Wales. They have dwindled to a mere handful, mostly part-Abroriginals. This volume is "an appalling case history of the relationship between white man and black man in Australia" between 1829 to 1940. While explorers like Charles Stuart and Edward John Eyre treated the Barkindji with kindness and received loyal friendship in return, this did nothing to stop the slide into humiliating dependence. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. 246 pp. Map endpapers.

Adelaide: Rigby, 1976. 246pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Light foxing to top edge, otherwise as new-the best copy I have seen. The thousands of the Barkindji people who once lived in the Darling River region of New South Wales have dwindled to a mere handful, mostly part-Abroriginals. This volume is an appalling case history of the relationship between white man and black man in Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Adelaide: Rigby Limited, 1976 F/F. 8vo. original brown boards (trifling leaf edge spots, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper; pp. xiv, 246, with illustrations & endpaper maps. A fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.