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The Lizard Eaters: Douglas Lockwood
The Lizard Eaters: Douglas Lockwood
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It seems incredible that in the Jet-and-Electronics Age there should still be living in Australia people who have no contact whatever with modern civilisation; people who had never seen white faces; had never seen their own face in a mirror - or been close to a motor vehicle of any kind. For many years there had been rumours of such a lost tribe of aborigines in the vast deserts of Central Australia, but generally they were treated as fantasy. The fact of their existence was confirmed by officers from the Welfare Branch of the Northern Territory Administration, who had began patrolling the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts in 1957. They found Pintubi tribesmen who had never been in touch with modern life. In 1963 the Melbourne Herald's correspondent Douglas Lockwood was invited to join a patrol into the Gibson Desert. Here he tells the fascinating story of that journey and the discovery of yet more Tintubi people. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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2nd edition 1964; hardback; dust jacket is worn and has some repairs; previous owner's name on title page; tightly bound and clean within; uncommon title, Autobiography/Bio/Non-FictionShare
