A Straight-Out Man: F.W. Albrecht and Central Australian Aborigines by Barbara Henson

A Straight-Out Man: F.W. Albrecht and Central Australian Aborigines by Barbara HensonCentral Australia and its oldest mission, Hermannsburg, have long been a potent arena for the encounter between Australia's indigenous people and the European newcomers. The life of Hermannsburg's longest serving superintendent, F. W. Albrecht, vividly details much of that encounter, beginning in the 1920s when Aborigines were thought to be a dying race, with governments and public largely indifferent to their fate. Described by some as Australia's

the water's deep

Observing and interacting with all the different birds who visit Australian backyards leads naturally to questions about their behaviours

Carvan's self-aware approach wrings the absurdity out of her story to hilarious effect while touching on the realities of motherhood and fandom: "It's not just about what we love

laying bare the beauty and challenges of living in a part of Australia that is often overlooked

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Only an exhausted and starving girl called Evanlyn can tell them why- Morgarath has sent his foul creatures to enslave the Celts

A case which just might unearth things best left buried

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Amid the non-stop trauma

a terrible secret is slowly uncovered–a secret that

Ping's enemies find her

” Gail Hunt