The Gulf Country [electronic resource] : The story of people and place in outback Queensland
Martin, Richard J.2019
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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 the 1860s, also to Europeans and tosettlers with Chinese, Japanese and Afghan ancestry. Richard J. Martin tells the story of a century-and-a-half of exploration and colonisation, the growth of cattle and mining industries, and the impactof Christian missionaries and Indigenous activism, through to the present day. He acknowledges the brutal realities of violence and dispossession, as wellas the challenges of life on the land in northern Australia. Drawing on extensive interviews with people across the Gulf Country,this is a lively and colourful account of tight-knit communities, relationshipsacross cultures and resilience in the face of adversity.
Main title:
Author:
Martin, Richard J., Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Allen & Unwin, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Richard J. Martin is a senior lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. He has been researching the history of the remote Gulf Country of northern Australia for a decade, including research with Indigenous people on native title claims and cultural heritage matters.
ISBN:
9781760870997
Language:
English
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BRN:
366147
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eBook |