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Indigenous Studies

Save the Crocodile

Numunwari by Grahame Webb

by P.H. O'Brien
March 1981, no. 28

Numunwari by Grahame Webb

Aurora Press, $14.95 pb

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It is a shame that animals have recently become infamous in books and film. For some reason, predators of man possess a morbid fascination, whether they are calculating killers or mindless machines of instinct. Culpable or not, the giant saltwater crocodile Numunwari is an enemy of the people in precisely the same fashion as the giant shark in Benchley’s Jaws.

 


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Numunwari by Grahame Webb

Aurora Press, $14.95 pb

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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