"There's a movie in this story." "Essential reading..." When Mounted Constable William Willshire had his troopers shoot two Aboriginal men, Ereminta and Donkey, in cold blood they left behind several witnesses, and an intriguing story. The man who shot Ereminta, Thomas, was an Aranda-Lutheran, one of the Finke River mission's first converts. This book reveals some surprising connections between the police, including William Willshire, and the missionaries. The pastoralists offered young Aboriginal men and women new opportunities outside traditional life. The frontier policemen protected the...
"There's a movie in this story." "Essential reading..." When Mounted Constable William Willshire had his troopers shoot two Aboriginal men, Ereminta a...