The day Palm Island fought back : the strike of 1957 / written and illustrated by Dulcie Polowea Isaro
- Bib ID:
- 5742295
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Isaro, Dulcie Polowea, 1942-, author, illustrator
- Description:
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- Townsville, Qld. : Black Ink Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- 40 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921843143
- Summary:
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Dulcie grew up under 'The Act'. She was a fifteen year old girl in 1957, when her home of Palm Island in North Queensland was disturbed by a strike. On that day, her family's life changed forever, as Dulcie records in words and pictures. Essential reading for Queensland history.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Great Palm Island
- Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Queensland -- Great Palm Island -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Queensland -- Great Palm Island -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- Queensland -- Great Palm Island -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Employment -- Queensland -- Great Palm Island -- History
- Wages and labor productivity -- Queensland -- Great Palm Island -- History
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia -- Great Palm Island -- 1957
- Employment - Conditions - Industrial relations - Industrial disputes
- History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Politics and Government - Political action - Civil rights
- Settlement and contacts - Resettlement and removals
- Government policy - Assimilation - 1951-1971
- Great Palm Island (Qld.) -- History
- Queensland -- Race relations -- History
- Palm Island Aboriginal Reserve (Qld.) -- History
- Cherbourg / Barambah (SE Qld SG56-10)
- Townsville (NE Qld SE55-14)
- Palm Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Australian
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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