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Author Guy, Russell.

Title Baptised among crocodiles : a history of the Daintree Aboriginal Mission 1940-1962 / Russell Guy
Published Mossman, Qld : Assembly of God, Mossman, 1999

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 W'PONDS  266.94943 Guy/Bac  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 148 pages : illustrations, map, portraits, facsimiles ; 21 cm
regular print
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1 European settlement leading to missionary -- activity in north Queensland 1 -- 2 1930-1940: Missionaries -- on the Mossman and Daintree 16 -- 3 1940-1942: The Daintree Mission 34 -- 4 1943-1945: The New Protector 50 -- 5 1946-1949: The Dormitory 65 -- 6 Sorcery and Culture 90 -- 7 1950-1959: Baptised Among Crocodiles 104 -- 8 1960-1962: Moving on 125 -- 9 Postscript 136
Summary This is the story of how, in a rapidly changing world, the Kuku Yalanji and the missionaries sought to understand each other at a time before reconcilation
Notes Aboriginal content
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Hetherington, Isabella
Hetherington, Isobella, 1870-1946
Hetherington, Isobella
Assembly of God -- Queensland -- Daintree
Daintree Aboriginal Mission
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- Daintree (Qld. : Region) -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- Queensland -- Daintree Region -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- Queensland -- Daintree River region -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- Queensland -- Daintree -- History
Kuku-Yalanji (Australian people) -- History.
Missionaries -- Australia -- Daintree (Qld. : Region)
Missionaries -- Australia -- Queensland -- Daintree Region
Missionaries -- Australia -- Queensland -- Daintree River region
Missionaries -- Australia -- Queensland -- Daintree
SUBJECT Daintree Region (Qld.)
Daintree region (Qld.)
Author Assembly of God (Mossman)
LC no. 00341321
ISBN 0646375822