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A Terribly Wild Man

by Christine Halse

Missionaries, biographyEvangelistic workBiographyReligion and theologyChristianityAustralian indigenous studiesClergyAboriginal Australians

Race, sex, religion, frailty, noble intentions and grand failures such are the ingredients in the pioneering life of Rev. Ernest Gribble. This is the story of that "terribly wild man", hailed as the Anglican church's first "successful" missionary to the Aborigines, and his descent into disgrace.

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Book data: Open Library