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The Vanished People

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Ion Idriess shares with his readers yet another rich deposit of the fascinating information he has uncovered on his wanderings in the 1920s. He is not content to pick up what lies on the surface, but delves into strange places, not only in the wilds of Australia and New Guinea, but in the shadowy regions of the minds of the primitive. Idriess investigates the mysteries of the cave paintings of the Kimberleys and the powers of telepathy exercised by the natives of Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait islands. Most fascinating of all, perhaps, is the picture given of swamp life in Northern Australia and on the mighty Fly and Sepik rivers of New Guinea, where a thousand-mile voyage is made through the eerie and terrifying world of the "Sea of Swamps" to the hidden villagers of headhunters. First time in paperback, out of print for 60 years.

Ion Idriess (1889—1979) is one of Australias best-loved writers, with fifty-six books to his credit and millions of copies sold. When he returned from the First World War he wrote The Desert Column, about his experiences with the 5th Light Horse. Prospecting for Gold was his first major successful work; it immediately sold out and was reprinted constantly in the following years, as were many of his books. Idriess spent much of his life travelling throughout Australia, collecting material for his true-life stories, including Flynn of the Inland, The Red Chief and Nemarluk. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1968 for his contribution to Australian literature.

* Still the best history of the Torres Strait cannibals in the 1840s, first published 1950 and finally in a new illustrated edition.
* Great information of North Queensland history, and Aboriginal customs from the Kimberly to the Torres Strait.
* Out of print for 60 years. An Idriess classic.

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