Sydney Rare Book Auctions will be selling two remarkable manuscripts from the Idriess Estate along with a few of his books.
The first is a typed draft manuscript written by Ion Idriess in April 1936. The article is a charismatic biographical narrative about a Torres Strait hermit named Billy Turnbull. The article is titled 'The Crusoe of Hicks Island'. Idriess was an old friend of Billy Turnbull. The two men met while Idriess worked in the Far North and travelled through the Torres Strait picking up whatever work was available.
The second is a short story about pearlers in Northern Australia, written by Ion Idriess circa 1935... The story is titled 'Black Velvet'; and it is a sad tale of indigenous girls kept as concubines by pearlers on the Peron Islands off the coast of the Northern Territory. The story does not appear to have been published. The subject matter may have been considered too controversial for newspaper editors and publishers to consider....
When : 12 noon Friday 22nd March 2024
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