Extracts from Ethnological Studies Amongst the North West Central Aborigines (Archaeology Papers No. 7)

W. E. Roth
Brisbane: Archaeology Branch, Department of Community Services, No date.
First Thus.

30cm x 21cm. [i], 10 pages. Lettered saddle-stapled wrappers.

Walter Edmund Roth (1861-1933) was a physician, anthropologist, and the first Northern Protector of Aboriginals. As an administrator Roth worked tirelessly for the betterment of aboriginal rights against colonial and political forces, though controversy, including “payment” to take photographs of sexual positions for anthropological reasons, hounded him to resignation.

Minor foxing and discolouration. Very Good Condition.

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