Author : Russell Guy
Publisher : Boolarong Press
ISBN 13 : 1925236560
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (252 download)
Book Synopsis Baptised Among Crocodiles by : Russell Guy
Download or read book Baptised Among Crocodiles written by Russell Guy and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometime around 1930, an Irish Pentecostal missionary, Isobella Hetherington arrived at Mossman in Far North Queensland. She was accompanied by an Aboriginal woman named Nellie who was a talented vocalist. Together they began ministering to the Kuku Yulanji Aboriginal people who had been forced to gather in small groups throughout the Daintree Rainforest. Ten years later, a Mission was built on land purchased by the Assembly of God (Qld.) Beside the Daintree River and fifty to seventy people moved there. For the next twenty years, they grew bananas and pineapples, built homes and struggled with a government policy that controlled most aspects of their lives. This is the story of how, in rapidly changing world, the Kuku Yulanji and the Missionaries sought to understand each other at a time before Reconciliation became a national objective.