Bundaberg, from pioneers to prosperity / [by Nev Rackemann ; illustrated by Tom Osborne]
- Bib ID:
- 2072176
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rackemann, Neville
- Description:
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- Bundaberg : Bundaberg City Council, 1992
- vi, 498 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0646125559
- Summary:
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Chapter 1 entitled "The Burning Mountain and the First People" mentions the Taribaleng people and clans - Barrang, Banjoor, Bunda and Turroine - who lived in the vicinity of Wangora, the burning mountain (The Hummock); various mentions throughout chapter: p. 10 - 13, 29, 31, 32, 40, 47-49, 53 (photograph of Chalire Boreham, King of Bundaberg), 54; Chapter 2 and 3 describe the establishment of the port and the sugar industry; Ceylonese and South Sea Islander labour; Chapter 6 mentions the native police.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Indigenous peoples - Pacific
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Employment - Conditions - Slavery and indentured labour
- Taribelang people (E33) (Qld SG56-02)
- Law enforcement - Police - Native police
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Sugar
- Bundaberg (Qld.) -- History
- Burnett River (SE Qld SG56)
- Wangora / Sloping Hummock (SE Qld SG56-02)
- Bundaberg (SE Qld SG56-02)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1992
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