The white missus of Arnhem Land : a true story / by Alex Smith
- Bib ID:
- 2768904
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smith, Alex
- Description:
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- Darwin : NTU Press, 1990
- 143 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0949070238 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Investigation of persistent rumors that Alice Willett and her daughter May survived the 1923 disappearance of the Douglas Mawson and were held captive by Aborigines in Arnhem Land or on Bickerton Island.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 142-143.
- Subject:
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- Willett family
- Willett, Alice
- Willett, May
- Douglas Mawson (Ship)
- Missing persons -- Investigation -- Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.)
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous
- Law enforcement - Police trackers
- Race relations - Attitudes
- Transport - Water - Shipwrecks and accidents
- Law enforcement - Police conduct and attitudes
- Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.) -- Biography
- Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.) -- History
- Milyakburra / Bickerton Island (NT Gulf Islands SD53-07)
- Gulf of Carpentaria (SD53, SD54, SE54)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Other authors/contributors:
- NTU Press
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2040 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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