Douglas Lockwood (1918–1980)
Autore di I, the Aboriginal
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Melbourne Press Club
Opere di Douglas Lockwood
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Lockwood, Douglas Wright
- Data di nascita
- 1918-07-09
- Data di morte
- 1980-12-21
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Cremated (ashes scattered over Kakadu)
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Natimuk, Victoria, Australia
- Luogo di morte
- Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Port Moresby, Papau New Guinea - Istruzione
- Natimuk State School
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
newspaper editor
historian
soldier
war correspondent
author - Relazioni
- Lockwood, Alfred Wright (father)
Harney, Bill (collaborator)
Lockwood, Lionel (half brother)
Bryant, Gordon Munro (friend)
Roberts, Bertram Ainslie (collaborator) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Walkley Award (1958)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Utenti
- 352
- Popolarità
- #67,994
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 41
- Lingue
- 1
And then you add on some really dangerous animals—some native to the land, others imported—and you have a land rife with excitement and adventure. It’s not like people lived in constant fear of danger…only when they wanted to kill any food or drink from any river.
The various stories are categorized by overriding topics: crocodiles, buffalo, outback, medical, crime, primeval, art, and more. While some of the stories are horrific and terrifying most are just plain hard to imagine occurring less than 100 years ago. Many of the stories emphasize the basic boredom of the outback which fostered a tradition of hand-to-hand fighting as a way of passing time with friends. Between the animals and the natives and the rogue white men life was hard.
Something I found very educational in Mr. Lockwood’s presentation is the way he insinuates elements of aboriginal history, folk lore and spiritual beliefs. He writes using an ‘outback’ vocabulary which manages to explain the strange words—or strange usages—and brings us along with him without confusing us they way Uncle Remus often does.
In general, the stories are surprising, hard to envision and amusing (if only because we just can’t imagine such things taking place ‘today’). In detail, they’re exciting and educational. These are not ‘must read’ stories, but they are definitely entertaining!… (altro)