Round about the Torres Straits. A Record of Australian Church Missions
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1925 [revised edition]/ 1917.
Octavo, viii, 95 pages plus 8 plates and a map.
Pictorial papered boards slightly rubbed at the extremities; spine sunned; foot of the front panel, the spine and the bottom edges of the covers and leaves are a little marked; scattered foxing; endpapers offset; a very good copy.
The author was Bishop of Willochra from 1915 to 1925, and before that, Bishop of Carpentaria from 1900 to 1915. The book contains approximately 40 pages on Australia, including lengthy sections on the Mitchell River, Roper River and Yarrabah Missions. This copy is inscribed ['Yours sincerely'] and signed by David Unaipon (1872-1967), the indigenous preacher, author and inventor (see the Australian Dictionary of Biography in the first instance).
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