The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow (Paperback)

Paperback. There are distant shouts, rifle shots, the pounding of feet across the bridge, the sound of running. A womans scream carves the night then bubbles away.In 1930 the superintendent of a mission on a Queensland island, driven mad by his wifes death, goes on a murderous rampage. Fearing for their lives, the other whites arm a young Indigenous man and order him to shoot Uncle Boss dead. The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow traces the lead-up to this bloody showdown and the repercussions in the years afterfor Aboriginal people and the colonial overseers. Traces the lead-up to and aftermath of a bloody showdown when the superintendent of a Queensland mission goes on a murderous rampage in 1930. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.