(PDF/ePub) He Speaks Our Language: The Story of an Irish Missionary in the Australian Outback Writen By Rob Douglas
He Speaks Our Language: The Story of an Irish Missionary in the Australian Outback
By : Rob Douglas
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Book Synopsis :
He Speaks Our Language is the biography of Wilfrid Henry Douglas, a veteran linguist and missionary to Aboriginal people in Australia for more than 60 years. Wilf is the father of the author, Rob Douglas. The book is based on memoirs written by Wilf prior to his death in March 2004.The book traces the journey of Wilf from his childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland and his transportation to a children?s home, Fairbridge, in rural Western Australia as a 12-year-old, never to see his parents again. Experiences at Fairbridge affected Wilf later in life when he was responsible for closing down Aboriginal children?s homes at Sunday Island in the far north of Western Australia and at Warburton Ranges in the desert.Exciting stories are told of Wilf and his Aboriginal colleague paddling across dangerous whirlpools in a dinghy in huge tides in the saltwater country in the north of Western Australia, to weeks stranded in the central Australian desert waiting for repairs to a broken down
Book Detail :
Author : Rob Douglas
Pages : 172 pages
Publisher : Initiate Media Pty Ltd
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 0992519276
ISBN-13 : 9780992519278
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