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The Sweetness of Figs: Aboriginal Women in Transition

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1980. 1st printing of 1st edition., Light foxing on page edges (not effecting text or page margins) otherwise very good+ hard cover book in fine dust jacket., The Chief Protector of the Queensland Aborigines first made contact with the inhabitants of Mornington Island in 1909. The author made extended stays in Mornington in 1970 & 1973 and describes their adaptation to contact with the Mainland through vignette.

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Book number: 651288

Catalogue: Native peoples

Keywords: 295957905