Too Many Spears (The dramatic story of Australia’s turbulent northern frontier.)

First Edition. 208 p., 16 p. of plates : map on endpapers ; 23 cm. ” …This is the true story of [Police Magistrate Frank ] Jardine; Nellie Blue-Eyes, refugee from a slaughtered island; missionaries; men of fortune; the shadowy Wy-mirra and powerful Mamoose Kebisu, the terrible white renegade called Wini … and of the beautiful Samoan girl, princess turned missionary, Sana… ” Weapons – Spears. | Indigenous peoples – Pacific – Kanakas. | Law – Legal system – Magistrates. | Employment – Conditions – Slavery and indentured labour. | Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05) | Cape York Peninsula #0221