The Spear the Cross and the Gun: Milingimbi Yolngu History and the Arrival of Mission and Government

by Bob Baker and Djandjay Baker

Why did the Methodist missionaries seek out the full blood tribal yolngu (Aborihinal) of north-east Arnhem Land who fiercely resisted intruders into their practically unknown and untamed country? One answer was the Bible, and another was by the 1920s the plight of the Australian Aboriginee because of contact with Europeans across wide Australia. What did happen to the yolngu who lived by their own laws at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CNJC8B29
• ISBN13: 9798369493878
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Xlibris Au
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"