A Compelling Account Of Life In One Of The Most Scattered And Isolated Populations On The Face Of The Earth
Isolation is one of the strangest and strongest of human feelings, and this is a book about people who live in the sometimes vast isolation of the Australian outback - about how ordinary men and women coped with isolation during a time when great economic and social changes were taking place.
Max Griffiths worked for the Australian Inland Mission from 1964 to 1985 and as such was witness to changes in the outback due to a massive increase in mining activity and to the sadly belated exposure of the shocking conditions under which Aboriginal people were living and dying. But Griffiths was more than a mere witness; he was heavily involved in pioneering medical and educational services in small communities whose isolation from each other is scarcely comprehensible - except to an inhabitant.
In a variety of settings, be they small Aboriginal communities or instant mining towns built from scratch, the people of the outback have struggled to overcome isolation, often with notable success. This is a compelling account of life in one of the most scattered and isolated populations on the face of the earth.
