Journey to Horseshoe Bend / T.G.H. Strehlow with an afterword by Phlip Jones
- Bib ID:
- 6929110
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Strehlow, T. G. H. (Theodor George Henry), 1908-1978, author
- Description:
-
- Artarmon, NSW : Giramondo Publishing, 2015
- ©2015
- 312 pages : maps ; 20 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781922146779 (paperback)
- Summary:
-
Journey to Horseshoe Bend was first published in 1969 and has been out of print for almost forty years. An Australian literary classic, it was written by TGH (Ted) Strehlow, author of the monumental Songs of Central Australia. It describes the final days of his father, Pastor Carl Strehlow, head of the Lutheran mission at Hermannsburg, as they travel, with Aboriginal companions, in extreme heat, along the dry riverbed of the Finke River, to the nearest railhead in search of medical assistance. They never reach help: the journey ends at Horseshoe Bend, with Pastor Strehlow's death. Ted Strehlow grew up with Aborigines on the mission, and his knowledge of their customs and stories was unique. The book combines this knowledge, with a detailed awareness of the landscape and its sacred places, the battles that have been fought there, the lonely outposts of white settlement, and of the Biblical resonances of their own journey through this desert setting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
-
- Strehlow, C. (Carl), 1871-1922
- Missionaries -- Australia -- Biography
- Lutheran Church -- Missions -- Northern Territory -- Hermannsburg
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Hermannsburg -- History
- Religions - Christianity - Missionaries
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Language - Texts and translations - Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal language
- Arrernte / Aranda language (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Religions - Christianity - Lutheran Church
- Northern Territory -- History
- Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13)
- Finke River (South Central NT SF53-13, SG53-01, SG53-06)
- Horseshoe Bend (South Central NT SG53-06)
- Australian
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2085 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1978
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Venture of faith : an epic in Australian missionary history / by P.A. Scherer
- Community development at Hermannsburg : a record of changes in the social structure / Elizabeth A. Sommerlad
- Nthakenhe kerarrele tayele ikwerenhe ineke / story from Institute for Aboriginal Development Inc. ; translated to Western Arrernte by Rosie Ferber for Yipirinya School Council
- Dear Mr Heinrich : Ntaria letters 1933-35
- Yeye parlpirremele ine itnenge iwenhe mperetyeke kerte / story by Peggy Brannson ; illustrations by Rosie Ferber for Yipirinya School Council