dixon thomas sidney (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Morwell, Alella Books, 1988 (second edition)/ 1987. Quarto, [viii], vi, 416 pages with numerous illustrations (from photographs). Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed and creased; an excellent copy. A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author 'Best Wishes | Tom Dixon | 30/10/90'. The recipient was Dick Kimber (Richard Glyn Kimber AM, 1939-2024), author, anthropologist and historian. Loosely inserted is a short autograph letter signed by Dixon to Kimber, with the same date as the inscription, relating primarily to the Night Parrot. It closes 'Hope you find the "Wizard" helpful in more ways than one'. Thomas Sidney Dixon (1916-1993) was a Catholic priest and a missionary to the Arrernte people of Central Australia. This is Dixon's detailed account of his role in the case of Rupert Max Stuart, an Arrernte man sentenced to death for the 1958 murder of a young white girl. Called to visit Stuart in prison because of his knowledge of Arrernte, Dixon quickly realised that Stuart's limited English meant he could not have made the detailed confession presented to the court by police, and spearheaded the high-profile campaign to overturn Stuart's conviction. While it was upheld by a Royal Commission, public pressure led Premier Thomas Playford to commute the sentence to life imprisonment, and the case exposed systemic injustices faced by Aboriginal people in the Australian justice system. [2 items]. Signed.