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Last of the Nomads (Paperback)

by W. Peasley (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 220 pages
  • Publisher: Eye Books (15 Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903070325
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903070321
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 14.6 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 275,504 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'This intriguing story makes fascinating reading.' Western Australian 'A most remarkable book. The story reads like one from the Dreamtime.' The National times "Informative passages compete with what is essentially a very moving love story." TNT

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5.0 out of 5 stars The End of a Unique Way of Life, 22 Jun 2006
By Laszlo Wagner (Hungary) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last of the Nomads (Paperback)
This book tells the story of the an elderly Aboriginal Australian couple, the very last of their tribe (and quite probably of all Aboriginals) to pursue the traditional nomadic hunter-gatherer way of life in the remote central deserts of Western Australia.
It starts by explaining how traditional tribal culture came to a near end in the region within the lifespan of a generation as civilization penetrated the once remote Outback, then recalls the life history of this last couple, explaining why they persisted in their homeland even after the rest of their tribe moved to a town.
Eventually, an extreme draught raises fears for their lives and a search expedition is launched to find them, lead by the author of this book and assisted by an old Aboriginal friend of the couple. The search takes them through the extremely harsh and remote Gibson Desert retracing ancient trade routes and rediscovering sacred Aboriginal sites, before finally locating the old couple, "the last of the nomads", and bringing them out of the desert to avoid immidiate starvation by helping them join the rest of their tribe living a demoralized existance on the fringes of western civilization, beset by alcoholism and other social evils.
A brilliantly told, moving story of the disgraceful end of what was once "one of the oldest cultures on Earth", providing excellent background information to help the reader understand how complicated the the underlying roots of this sad outcome are.
Anyone with an interest in the Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia should read this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Readable and compelling, 9 Jun 2004
By William G. Humbert "Willhum." (Barcelona) - See all my reviews
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On a whim I wanted to learn something about Aboriginal Australian culture as it really is and was, it turned out to be a great book choice. I'd highly recommend this readable and compelling account of the search for the last two truely nomadic australians. Moving and informative, its hard not to feel for a people who have lost so much at the hands of white colonial culture and seemingly gained so little. Through the pages we learn how land and culture are/were inseperably tied in traditonal aboriginal life - the land and their relationship to it forms the all important aboriginal "law". On another level the book is also a love story against the odds, set against the backdrop of a beautiful but unforgiving environment. Real books like this, a window on to a fast disappearing world are surely worth there weight in gold! May all beings be well.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Last of the nomads, 2 Dec 2002
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I read this book whilst spending a year backpacking around Australia, where the Aboriginal people are treated as outcasts by the majority of people.
When over there I only saw a bad side of this race of people, untill I read this book and it really opened my eyes to the way theye are treated and how they have had to cope with a huge upheaval in their lives and culture. A really interesting book that looks at the journey to try and find the last two traditinally living aboriginal people, a really facinating tale of survival.
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