| Main Title: |
Footprints along the Cape York sandbeaches / Nonie Sharp. |
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| Author: |
Sharp, Nonie
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| Year: |
1992. |
| Collation: |
xiii, 237 p.; ill., maps, ports., pbk, 25 cm |
| Summary: |
History of contact on North Cape York Peninsula, in four phases of settlement; documents Queensland government policy of deliberate destruction of the people; missionaries friendly relations with people; conflict between missionaries and police and settlers; murders committed by Frank Jardine while he was police magistrate; use of Aboriginal mounted troopers; massacre of the Kaurareg; development of Injinoo (Cowal Creek) community; movements and migrations of Kaurareg; deeds of grant in trust (DOGIT); struggle for land ownership; reconstruction of lives of Jack McLaren and Nicholas Wymarra. |
| Subject: |
Jardine, Frank, 1841-1919
McLaren, Jack, 1887-1954
Missions and missionaries
First Nations Australians
Torres Strait Islands (Qld)
Queensland (Peninsula)
Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
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| Series: |
Susan Crooke Memorial Collection
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| ISBN: |
0855752300 |
| Notes: |
Bibliography; p. 221-228; Includes index.
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