Ethnological Studies Among the North-West Central Queensland Aborigines. ...

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Brisbane 1897. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (xvi 200pp.). With fold. table and 24 full-page plates of which some are col. including the "ethno-pornographical" plate. Some foxing to end pages. NOTE: In 1898 Roth was appointed as the first northern protector of Aboriginals. Based at Cooktown Roth travelled continually throughout the north. Part of his responsibilities was to record Aboriginal cultures. His main brief however was to prevent the exploitation of Aborigines particularly in employment and marriage