Title Aboriginal labour and the cattle industry : Queensland from white settlement to the present / Dawn May

Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
WATERFT BUSINESS	331.699915099 May/Ala		AVAILABLE
MELB	331.699915099 May/Ala		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 242 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm Series Studies in Australian History Studies in Australian history. Studies in Australian history (Cambridge, England) Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1. Aboriginal land use at the time of contact -- 2. The arrival of white people -- 3. The entry of Aboriginal workers into the cattle industry -- 4. 1897 and its aftermath -- 5. Opponents of the Act -- 6. Continuity and change -- 7. The 1919 Employment Regulation -- 8. Increasing government involvement -- 9. Missions -- 10. World War II and beyond -- 11. Equal pay -- 12. Contemporary land management -- Conclusion -- Bibliography Summary Land use in Queensland at the time of first contact; Aboriginal resistance to settlers; importance of traditional Aboriginal skills in development of pastoral industry; incorporation of Aboriginal labour into the pastoral industry - by 1886 half the total workforce in the industry; 1897 Protection Act and requirement for written agreement for each worker in the industry; disparity in wages throughout the state; attitude of the labour movement to Aboriginal labour; station conditions; race relations; attitudes to women; 1919 Employment Regulation, establishment of missions and their role in provision of labour to pastoral industry; fight for equal pay; role of trade unions and FCAATSI; contemporary land management and acquisition of pastoral properties for traditional owners Analysis Australian aborigines Employment History Queensland Aborigines Attitudes Australian aborigines Employment History Cattle industry Discrimination History Queensland Skills Wages Working conditions Notes Includes index and tables Bibliography Bibliography: pages 223-234 Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australian stockmen -- Australia -- Queensland -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Employment -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Aboriginal Australian stockmen -- Queensland -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Employment -- Australia -- Queensland. Aboriginal Australians -- Employment. Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Economic conditions Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Economic conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Social conditions. Agricultural laborers -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Agricultural laborers -- Australia -- Queensland. Cattle trade -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Cattle trade -- Australia -- Queensland. Cowboys, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Unskilled labor -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. SUBJECT Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736 -- 1824-1900 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 LC no. 94013644 ISBN 0521465060 0521469155

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