The gulf country : the story of people and place in outback Queensland / Richard J. Martin
- Bib ID:
- 7896872
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Martin, Richard J, author
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2019
- ©2019
- xiii, 194 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plates ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781760631659 (paperback)
- Summary:
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'There is something about the Gulf Country that seems to become part of you.' With its great rivers, grassy plains, and mangrove-fringed coastline, Queensland's remote gulf country is rich and fertile land. It has long been home to Aboriginal people, and since 1865, also to Europeans and to settlers with Chinese, Japanese and Afghan ancestry. Richard Martin tells the story of a century and a half of exploration and colonisation, the growth of pastoral and mining industries, and the impact of Christian missionaries and two world wars, through to the present day. He recounts the brutal realities of violence and dispossession, as well as the contributions of hard work and entrepreneurialism across the decades. Drawing on his extensive interviews with people across the Gulf community, this is a lively and colourful account of tight knit communities, changing relationships to land, and resilience in the face of adversity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.) -- Photographs
- Country life -- Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.) -- Personal narratives
- Burketown Region (Qld.) -- History
- Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.) -- History
- Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.) -- Biography
- Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.) -- Discovery and exploration
- Australian
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- Creation date:
- 2019
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