The Australian Aborigines by A. P. Elkin Prints In the secret turret sits

In the secret turret sits spinning Irene's beautiful

embossed hardcover

which began with Robert Towns’s importation in the 1860s of the first of the Kanakas for his cotton plantation near Brisbane and ended with the repatriation of the last of the natives after the labour trade was discontinued by Act of Parliament in 1904

In a large extent due to his rural upbringing

a little rubbing and marking (see photographs)

The Australian Aborigines by A. P. Elkin Prints In the secret turret sitsThe Australian Aborigines How to Understand Them by A. P. Elkin Angus and Robertson, 1961, [Third Edition], black and white photographic plates, colour photographic frontispiece, hardcover, dustjacket Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, tape residue on inside front and back covers, watermarks and discoloration to outer edge of text block, dustjacket in good condition with some edge and shelf