Early days of Cairns / by J.W. Collinson
- Bib ID:
- 1647475
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Collinson, J. W. (James Warren), 1877-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. FERG/5347 copy
- Description:
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- Brisbane : Smith & Paterson, 1939
- 157 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
- Summary:
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General references to the "dispersals" in the Cairns area, which meant that the Aboriginal people were keeping away from the early settlement of Cairns in 1876; previous contact with beche de mer fishermen mentioned; brief mention of the "encounters" at Battle Creek, now Smith's Landing and Trinity Bay; building of huts and canoes; hostilities with the timber getters; sugar boom of 1882 also resulted in more land being taken and the deaths of two men resulted in the the "retribution" at Mulgrave Valley; brief mention of the formation of the Bellenden-Ker Mission on Karpa Creek in June 1892, and the town camp at Lily Creek.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author.
- Bibliography: p. 157.
- FERG/5347 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3096634565
- Library has no 207, 303 and 474 of limited ed.
- Subject:
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- Settlement and contacts - Chinese
- Indigenous peoples - Pacific - Kanakas
- Housing - Shelters
- Economic sectors - Trepang
- Race relations - Violent
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Cairns (Qld.) -- History
- Mulgrave River (NE Qld SE55-06)
- Cairns (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Bellenden Ker / Bartle Frere (NE Qld SE55-06)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2047 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1977
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1939
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