Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land

This collection presents the personal writings of Donald Thomson, an Australian who become embroiled in a bitter legal battle that erupted in 1932 when a group of Japanese pearl fishermen raped a number of Aboriginal women. Arnhem land Aboriginals retaliated by killing five of the Japanese and were subsequently sentenced to death. Thomson accepted a federal commission to investigate the case, and, by communicating with the Aboriginals, managed to defuse the situation and secure their liberation. The account of Thomson's first meeting with the Aboriginal leader Wongo tells of the electric exchange and eventual friendship that Thomson developed with Wongo, a partnership that enabled him to study local customs and language.Thomson, Donald is the author of 'Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land' with ISBN 9780522850635 and ISBN 0522850634.