Description |
84 pages, 24 pages of plates : map on lining papers ; 27 cm |
Series |
Publication ; no. 12 |
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Roebuck Society publication ; no. 12 |
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Roebuck Society publication ; no. 12
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Roebuck Society publication ; no. 12
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Contents |
1. Darwin, 1937 -- 2. Cruise of Katinka -- 3. Elcho Island -- 4. Away from Elcho -- 5. Maranboy -- 7. "Medicine" -- 8. Mataranka -- 9. War |
Summary |
Reminiscences of Jack W. Stokes in the Northern Territory Police from 1937; Darwin and crime; Elcho Island with Japanese pearlers and earlier Macassans, fishing practices; initiation ritual and burial; Methodist Missions in area; Maranboy, police trackers and arrests of Aborigines for murder; short history of N.T. police |
Notes |
Index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Stakes, John William, 1910-
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Stokes, John William, 1910-
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Stokes, John William, 1910-1995
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Stokes, John William, 1910
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Stokes, John William
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Police -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
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Police -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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LC no. |
75332892 |
ISBN |
0909434034 |
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