Jakob and Charlotte Rippert were German missionaries whose life together became an extraordinary pilgrimage through the upheavals of the twentieth century. From the horros of the Western Front in 1918 to mission fields as apart as Nubia in Egypt and Hermannsburg in Australia and beyond.Soft cover book in a soft fawn colour. Cover has photograph of Jakob and Charlotte Rippert. Title is in darker brown above the pictures. Authors names are at the bottom right had side. Spine is in grey with title and authors names. Back has a picture of one of Charlotte's paintings, of Haifa's Pross.jakob rippert, charlotte rippert, german missionaries, nubia egypt, hermannsburg australia, nuriootpa australia, palestine, haifa's pross

This is a hard cover book with the pages unnumbered. The cover is brown with colour reproductions of two aboriginal paintings on the front and back cover. The printing on the front cover is in yellow and white lettering. The book contains written text and many reproductions of aboriginal paintings. The inscription on the first page is handwritten in black biro. non-fictionA collection of reproductions of aboriginal art work from the Hermannsburg area as collated by Rex Batterbee.rex battarbee, aboriginal art, albert namatjira

Western Aranda artist, Gerhard Inkamala. Born in 1917, Gerhard was the nephew of Albert Namatjira and grew up being inspired by his artwork and the surrounding landscapes. He became a skilled artist and during the 1940s was one of the founders of the famous Hermannsburg School of Art. In the 1950s Gerhard and his brother Adolf were included in a group exhibition in Alice Springs at the home of Rex Battarbee who was the Warrnambool-born art teacher of Albert Namatjira. He died in 1977.A landscape scene showing the Australian outback. Trees and shrubs in the foreground with rocky hills in the background. The foreground is an ochre/orange colour and the hills and rocks in the background are a blue/grey colour. The sky is clear and blue. Signed bottom right. The work is mounted on cream mountboard and framed in a white timber frame under glass.'Gerhard Inkamala' signed bottom right hand side of the painting.