Visitants

Patrol Officer Alistair Cawdor's suicide triggers a colonial inquest in New Guinea. Five testifying witnesses reveal disturbing stories. First published in 1979, "Visitants "was informed by the author's time in the Trobriand Islands two decades earlier. It is one of the most potent examinations of A [...]
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Patrol Officer Alistair Cawdor's suicide triggers a colonial inquest in New Guinea. Five testifying witnesses reveal disturbing stories. First published in 1979, "Visitants "was informed by the author's time in the Trobriand Islands two decades earlier. It is one of the most potent examinations of Australian colonialism.