Gidja the Moon by Percy Trezise
Gidja the Moon by Percy Trezise
Gidja the Moon by Percy Trezise
Gidja the Moon by Percy Trezise

Gidja the Moon by Percy Trezise

After suffering from misfortune and being mistreated by the people of their tribe, Gidja and his wife and daughter become the moon, the Morning Star, and the Evening Star.

Condition: Excellent Condition
Format: Hardcover, out of print
Age: 4+

Percy Trezise AM (1923 - 2005) was a painter and writer as well as an historian and documenter of Aboriginal rock art. Trezise served in the RAAF during WW2, and from 1956 he worked in northern Australia as an airline pilot. From the air he would gauge areas likely to contain Aboriginal rock art that he would later explore. Trezise collaborated on a series of children’s books with Aboriginal artist Dick Roughsey, and as well as being a member of the Order of Australia, in 2004 he received an Honorary Doctorate from James Cook University.

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