Sin, sweat and sorrow : the making of Capricornia Queensland 1840s-1940s / edited by Liz Huf, Lorna McDonald and David Myers
- Bib ID:
- 1564009
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 1999
- xi, 306 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1875998810 (paperback)
- Summary:
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History and culture of the Darambal and Gangulu peoples ; Dreaming stories relating to the Earth Worm, Echidna and Koala ; interview with Nola James about culture and tradition ; artefacts at Gracemere Station ; Blue-Gum Valley (Yaamba) legend told by Bill Robertson ; men's ceremony (Boonamin) described ; European explorers and settlers ; massacres at Hornet Bank and Cullin-La-Ringo (1857-1861) ; role and actions of native police ; native police at Planet Creek ; conflict with Yarrimaakoo in central western Queensland ; Kangulu (Gangulu) people of the Dawson River in 1871 described ; policy and treatment of Aboriginal people in Queensland ; massacre on North Keppel Island ; Bub Muir reclaims Great Keppel Island in 1993 ; Woorabinda in 1993 described ; relocation of people from Cape Bedford and Palm Island to Woorabinda ; South Sea lslanders "Kanakas" in Rockhampton ; South Sea Islanders travel to Carnarvon Ranges in 1866 ; Blackbirding ; Sugar farmer John Charnley of Yeppoon ; South Sea Islanders at Joskeleigh ; Aboriginal polictics in Rockhampton in the 1970s.
- Notes:
- Previously published: 1993
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Capricornia
- Gangulu / Kanolu people (E40) (Qld SG56-01)
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Darumbal people (E46) (Qld SF56-13)
- Law enforcement - Police - Native police
- Capricornia (Qld.) -- History
- Capricornia (Qld.) -- Social life and customs
- Rockhampton (Qld.) -- Social conditions
- Gladstone (Qld.) -- Social conditions
- Gladstone / Port Curtis (E Qld SF56-13)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Hornet Bank (SW Qld SG55-08)
- Keppel Islands (E Qld SF56-13)
- Rockhampton (E Qld SF56-13)
- Cullin-La-Ringo (E Qld SF55-15)
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- Copyright:
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