Autobiography of Islander Thomas Lowah (1914-1989) He tells of his life as a diver on pearling luggers, sailing the waters of the Torres Strait and working down the Great Barrier Reef. Conditions were so hard that the skipper would not let the divers out of the water to eat their lunch of damper and syrup, but would hand it down to them to eat while they trod water.??One of the first autobiographies of a Torres Strait Islander and a unique document of a way of life that is parallel to, but quite different from, life in the white community. Illustrated by Ray Crooke.
Part 2 of the 4 part autobiography of Ron Edwards from 1959-1965
Two Wild Colonial Boys? A search for connections between two bushranging songs.
By Sydney H. Ray. Edited and illustrated by Ron Edwards.
The only available dictionary of Eastern and Western Island languages. Drawn from Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits.
By Dr. Anna Shnukal. Illustrated by Ron Edwards. This dictionary contains almost 4,000 common words and phrases. Also included are culturally significant place names, customs, games, mythical beings, flora and fauna, seasons, stars and constellations.
A sketching trip to Spain undertaken by Ron and Anne Edwards in 1993. Anne had always dreamt of seeing Andalusia, in particular the Alhambra in Granada, so they set off with folding bikes, a single change of clothes and sketching gear.
Further to the South to Lhasa trip in 1986, Ron Edwards tried to explore some of south-eastern Tibet in 1990. The intended destination was never reached, due to a failed Tibetan uprising, but instead the group was allowed to Mount Gongga, a huge mountain only glimpsed for a moment on the return trip.
Plaiting crocodile ridges into kangaroo hide belts. From the 8 strand plait with a single center ridge up to 14 strand double row, 6 strand triple row and 24 strand triple row designs.
Full instructions and illustrations.
Counterlining can add years to a saddle's useful life.
With the aid of this book any person should be able to cournterline his or her own traditional style stock saddle.
Step by step instructions and illustrations.
Edited by Ron and Anne Edwards.
Stories and drawings from children of the Sacred Heart School, Thursday Island Primary School and the Horn Island School.
