John Harris (biblical scholar)

John W. Harris is an Australian Bible translator and linguist known for his works on aboriginal Christianity and creoles. He is one of the first scholars who provided a detailed account of Australian creoles. In 1986, he was Senior Lecturer in Education at Darwin Institute of Technology. He received a Lambeth Degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2010.

Books

• 1986. Northern Territory pidgins and the origin of Kriol. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics
• 1994, One Blood: 200 Years Of Aboriginal Encounter With Christianity (revised edition), Albatross Books, Sydney.
• 1998, We wish we’d done more: ninety years of CMS and Aboriginal issues in north Australia, Openbook, Adelaide.

References

External links

• On a Mission: The Institutionalising of Aboriginal Children
• NORTHERN TERRITORY PIDGINS AND THE ORIGIN OF KRIOL
• Hiding the bodies: the myth of the humane colonisation of Aboriginal Australia
• CONTACT LANGUAGES AT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY BRITISH MILITARY SETTLEMENTS 1824-1849
• 1998 Mission Australia Address by Dr John W Harris