The Camp at Wallaby Cross: Aboriginal Fringe Dwellers in Darwin by Basil Sansom

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, with corners and spine now protected with book tape. Front cover is creased. Inside front and back covers have marks from old sticky tape. Previous owner has stamped last page.

In Northern Australia, Aborigines move in groupings they call "mobs". This book begins with a discussion of the nature and constitution of the Aboriginal mob.

Then the author launches into a description of the day-to-day doings of the Darwin Mob. He deals, in turn, with the rule-governed drinking of the fringe dwellers, with their rules for keeping order in the camp, with how they organise to do business with the police and discusses the relationships between the sexes.

There is also an account of the Aboriginal use pattern of cash and their relationship with white Australians in Darwin. All this adds up to an account of the total lifestyle of the Darwin fringe. (back cover)