Title Triumph in the tropics : an historical sketch of Queensland / compiled and edited by Sir Raphael Cilento ; with the assistance of Clem Lack ; for the Historical Committee of the Centenary Celebrations Council of Queensland

Published Brisbane, Qld. : Smith & Paterson, 1959

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994.3 Cil		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	994.3 Cil/Tit		AVAILABLE

Description xxiv, 446 pages, 72 unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm Contents Includes index Summary p.101-104; Early missionary activities in Queensland; p.114; Poisoning of flour left to be stolen by Aborigines; p.151; Details of white men who have lived with natives; p.117; Account of the Aborigines - ecology, food - gathering economy, inventive ability; Early references to natives; Contact and conflict; Black War - Bunya festival described; Reasons for attacks from 1842 onwards; Specific incidents described; Native Mounted Police Force; Mestons report; p.188-9; Islanders of Torres Straits - early contacts; p.189; Government policy on Aborigines; Laws Notes Autographs on end papers Bibliography Includes index Notes Also available online (as at 11/10/2011) at: http://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/book/1e6ed5d19fc3219033ff9a76eff6a190 Also available online (as at 15/10/2009) at http://www.oesr.qld.gov.au/queensland-by-theme/society/single-publications/triumph-tropics/index.shtml Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Native title (Australia) -- Australia -- Queensland. Racism -- Government policy -- Australia -- Queensland. SUBJECT Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736 Queensland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 Author Cilento, Raphael, Sir, 1893-1985 Lack, Clem. Centenary Celebrations Council (Qld.) (Historical Committee) LC no. cln00720841

Other Titles Centenary year, 1959

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