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A Terribly Wild Man: The story of missionary to the Aboriginals, Ernest Gribble
Author(s): Christine Halse (Author)
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty LTD
- Publication Date: 6 Jan. 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 248 pages
- ISBN-10: 186508753X
- ISBN-13: 9781865087535
Book Description
What a story! A man who made hell in the name of heaven but in the late 1920s forced his country to acknowledge one of the last great massacres of black Australians. (David Marr)
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Review
“What a story! A man who made hell in the name of heaven but in the late 1920s forced his country to acknowledge one of the last great massacres of black Australians.” (David Marr)
About the Author
Christine Halse was born and grew up in Sydney. She studied education at Macquarie University and gained her PhD in race relations at the University of Queensland. She is currently working at the University of Western Sydney, where much of her time is devoted to research and working with post-graduate students. Her research interests include cultural identity formation and relations between cultures and communities. She has published widely in these areas locally, nationally and internationally. An independent researcher for government and non-government organisations and national evaluator of institutions and education programs, Dr Halse is also an Executive member of the Aboriginal Studies Association and the Pacific Circle Consortium and Editor of the journal Pacific Asian Education. She plans to start sky-diving lessons on her 60th birthday. She is married and revelling in life with her daughter. A Terribly Wild Man is her first book.
