Adam in Ochre

Inside Aboriginal Australia

by Colin Simpson

Angus and Robertson, 1951, [First Edition], colour and black and white photographic plates, black and white illustrations, black and white photographic frontispiece, illustrated title pages and endpapers, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions; dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping and creasing, small tears, small part missing at bottom front (see photographs)

“Colin Simpson came back from North Australia with much more than the recordings of corroboree and death-rite, buffalo hunt and bird life, which distinguished his Australian Broadcasting Commission radio programmes.  He deepened first-hand experience with research before he wrote Adam in Ochre.  So he was able, in the “Kakadu Naked” section that is like a short novel, to recreate the unforgettable Nabanja, caught between black a man’s magic and white man’s lust.  He is also able to survey aboriginal intelligence and capacity and the future of a race he predicts will not die out.”

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