The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875
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A grandson recounts the story of his grandfather's experiences as a shipwrecked sailor on a barren cape of Australia, where he and another survivor almost starved to death before being rescued by... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0862413990
ISBN13:9780862413996
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:136 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
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A rare insight into the tribal life of Australian Aborigines
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book was recommended to me by an Australian Government Minister to convince me that aboriginal people in 1875 needed to be rescued from their primitive conditions. It is funny how two people can read the same book and come to opposite conclusions. This is the story of two shipwrecked boys, rescued from certain death on two occasions by the aborigines who looked after them until they were able to find a ship to take them home to their families. Aboriginal technology may have been inferior, but their knowledge of how to survive without western technology was vastly superior to the European. More importantly, the compassion and assistance shown by the aborigines to these boys is what one would like to think civilization is all about. A fascinating story, with insights into tribal life at that time, and the aboriginal concept of land ownership.
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