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Author Clarke, Hugh V., 1919-

Title The long arm : a biography of a Northern Territory policeman / by Hugh V. Clarke
Published Canberra : Roebuck Society, 1974
©1974

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 W'PONDS  363.2099429 Cla/Laa  AVAILABLE
Description 84 pages, 24 pages of plates : map on lining papers ; 27 cm
Series Publication ; no. 12
Roebuck Society publication ; no. 12
Roebuck Society publication ; no. 12
Roebuck Society publication ; no. 12
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-
Stokes, John William, 1910-
Stokes, John William, 1910-1995
Stokes, John William, 1910
Stokes, John William
Police -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
Police -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 75332892
ISBN 0909434034