6/26/2023 0 Comments A town like alice first edition![]() ![]() Their work took them to places unknown to most Australians. Maisie shared in many of these, especially since their door was always open and they never knew who would next drift in off the street. ![]() As patrol padre for the Australian Inland Mission, chaplain to the AIM Old Timers’ Homes, and minister to the town, he encountered an endless variety of new experiences. He had to cover a gigantic parish populated by people as diverse as tribal Aborigines and city drunks. Doug was a United Church minister, and the move seemed a backward step.īut their years in Alice Springs gave them an amazing variety of experience, from desert treks to the night when Maisie had to break up a rape with her bare feet.ĭoug McKenzie’s responsibilities would have daunted many people. “”You’re crazy!” was the usual reaction when Maisie McKenzie and her husband Doug told friends that they were going to work in Alice Springs. ![]() Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing, bumping, chipping to edge and corners (see photographs) Rigby, 1979,, ISBN 0727011103, illustrated endpapers (maps), black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket ![]()
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