Mission to Arnhem Land [first edition]

Adelaide (Australia) : Rigby Limited, 1976. Very Good condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. Previous owner's name. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. Illustrated with 32 pages of photos. Endpaper map. This is the history of the establishment of a string of Methodist mission stations at Goulburn Island, Elcho Island, Milingimbi, Croker Island and Yirrkala in Northern Australia. The story begins in 1915. Provides interesting looks at the pioneers, Aborigines, the Caledon Bay murders, the war years, trouble with pearlers, Cyclone Tracy, the evolution away from paternalism, etc. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original green boards/Jacket not priced or clipped. 8vo. (xi), 260pp.