Hell’s Airport and Lasseter’s Lost Legacy

AUSTRALIANA
Account of author’s exploits as a member of Harold Lasseter’s gold prospecting expedition 1930-31; limited reference to Aranda, Luritja, Eumos and Wongapitcha (Pitjantjatjara) people in text and photograph captions; racial attitudes.
142 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm. #300523
Previous ed.: Sydney: Peterman Press, 1934.
Lasseter, Harold Bell, -1931. | Gold deposits. Prospecting. Expeditions, 1930-1931. Lasseter, Harold Bell, d. 1931. Central Australia | Lasseter’s Reef (Legendary place) | Prospecting — Australia, Central — History. | Gold mines and mining — Australia, Central. | Race relations – Racism – Stereotyping. | Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02) | Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11) | Mining industry – Gold. | Luritja / Loritja people (C7.1) (NT SG52-04) | Settlement and contacts – 20th Century. | South Central Northern Territory (NT)