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.
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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